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  1. References
  2. Web APIs
  3. HTMLFormElement
  4. HTMLFormElement.encoding

In this article

  • Browser compatibility

Related Topics

  1. HTML DOM API
  2. HTMLFormElement
  3. Properties
    1. acceptCharset
    2. action
    3. elements
    4. encoding
    5. enctype
    6. length
    7. method
    8. name
    9. target
  4. Methods
    1. reportValidity()
    2. requestSubmit()
    3. reset()
    4. submit()
  5. Events
    1. formdata
    2. reset
    3. submit
  6. Inheritance:
    1. HTMLElement
    2. Element
    3. Node
    4. EventTarget
  7. Related pages for HTML DOM
    1. BeforeUnloadEvent
    2. DOMStringMap
    3. ErrorEvent
    4. GlobalEventHandlers
    5. HTMLAnchorElement
    6. HTMLAreaElement
    7. HTMLAudioElement
    8. HTMLBRElement
    9. HTMLBaseElement
    10. HTMLBaseFontElement
    11. HTMLBodyElement
    12. HTMLButtonElement
    13. HTMLCanvasElement
    14. HTMLContentElement
    15. HTMLDListElement
    16. HTMLDataElement
    17. HTMLDataListElement
    18. HTMLDialogElement
    19. HTMLDivElement
    20. HTMLDocument
    21. HTMLElement
    22. HTMLEmbedElement
    23. HTMLFieldSetElement
    24. HTMLFormControlsCollection
    25. HTMLFrameSetElement
    26. HTMLHRElement
    27. HTMLHeadElement
    28. HTMLHeadingElement
    29. HTMLHtmlElement
    30. HTMLIFrameElement
    31. HTMLImageElement
    32. HTMLInputElement
    33. HTMLKeygenElement
    34. HTMLLIElement
    35. HTMLLabelElement
    36. HTMLLegendElement
    37. HTMLLinkElement
    38. HTMLMapElement
    39. HTMLMediaElement
    40. HTMLMetaElement
    41. HTMLMeterElement
    42. HTMLModElement
    43. HTMLOListElement
    44. HTMLObjectElement
    45. HTMLOptGroupElement
    46. HTMLOptionElement
    47. HTMLOptionsCollection
    48. HTMLOutputElement
    49. HTMLParagraphElement
    50. HTMLPictureElement
    51. HTMLPreElement
    52. HTMLProgressElement
    53. HTMLQuoteElement
    54. HTMLScriptElement
    55. HTMLSelectElement
    56. HTMLShadowElement
    57. HTMLSourceElement
    58. HTMLSpanElement
    59. HTMLStyleElement
    60. HTMLTableCaptionElement
    61. HTMLTableCellElement
    62. HTMLTableColElement
    63. HTMLTableElement
    64. HTMLTableRowElement
    65. HTMLTableSectionElement
    66. HTMLTemplateElement
    67. HTMLTextAreaElement
    68. HTMLTimeElement
    69. HTMLTitleElement
    70. HTMLTrackElement
    71. HTMLUListElement
    72. HTMLUnknownElement
    73. HTMLVideoElement
    74. HashChangeEvent
    75. History
    76. ImageData
    77. Location
    78. MessageChannel
    79. MessageEvent
    80. MessagePort
    81. Navigator
    82. PageTransitionEvent
    83. Plugin
    84. PluginArray
    85. PopStateEvent
    86. PromiseRejectionEvent
    87. RadioNodeList
    88. ValidityState
    89. Window

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  • Browser compatibility

HTMLFormElement.encoding

The HTMLFormElement.encoding property is an alternative name for the enctype element on the DOM HTMLFormElement object.

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