The HTMLFormElement.action property represents the action of the <form> element.
The action of a form is the program that is executed on the server when the form is submitted. This property can be retrieved or set.
Syntax
var string = form.action; form.action = string;
Example
form.action = '/cgi-bin/publish';
Specification
HTML5, Section 4.10.21 Form submission
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Update compatibility data on GitHub
| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
action | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE ? | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android ? | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Edge Mobile ? | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
Document Tags and Contributors
Tags:
Contributors to this page:
mdnwebdocs-bot,
mfluehr,
connorshea,
jacobq,
scunliffe,
teoli,
ajaybhat,
riginoommen,
kscarfone,
Sheppy,
jswisher,
Mgjbot,
George3,
Dria,
JesseW
Last updated by:
mdnwebdocs-bot,