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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. HTMLAnchorElement
    5. HTMLAreaElement
    6. HTMLAudioElement
    7. HTMLBRElement
    8. HTMLBaseElement
    9. HTMLBodyElement
    10. HTMLButtonElement
    11. HTMLCanvasElement
    12. HTMLContentElement
    13. HTMLDListElement
    14. HTMLDataElement
    15. HTMLDataListElement
    16. HTMLDialogElement
    17. HTMLDivElement
    18. HTMLDocument
    19. HTMLElement
    20. HTMLEmbedElement
    21. HTMLFieldSetElement
    22. HTMLFormControlsCollection
    23. HTMLFrameSetElement
    24. HTMLHRElement
    25. HTMLHeadElement
    26. HTMLHeadingElement
    27. HTMLHtmlElement
    28. HTMLIFrameElement
    29. HTMLImageElement
    30. HTMLInputElement
    31. HTMLKeygenElement
    32. HTMLLIElement
    33. HTMLLabelElement
    34. HTMLLegendElement
    35. HTMLLinkElement
    36. HTMLMapElement
    37. HTMLMediaElement
    38. HTMLMetaElement
    39. HTMLMeterElement
    40. HTMLModElement
    41. HTMLOListElement
    42. HTMLObjectElement
    43. HTMLOptGroupElement
    44. HTMLOptionElement
    45. HTMLOptionsCollection
    46. HTMLOutputElement
    47. HTMLParagraphElement
    48. HTMLPictureElement
    49. HTMLPreElement
    50. HTMLProgressElement
    51. HTMLQuoteElement
    52. HTMLScriptElement
    53. HTMLSelectElement
    54. HTMLShadowElement
    55. HTMLSourceElement
    56. HTMLSpanElement
    57. HTMLStyleElement
    58. HTMLTableCaptionElement
    59. HTMLTableCellElement
    60. HTMLTableColElement
    61. HTMLTableElement
    62. HTMLTableRowElement
    63. HTMLTableSectionElement
    64. HTMLTemplateElement
    65. HTMLTextAreaElement
    66. HTMLTimeElement
    67. HTMLTitleElement
    68. HTMLTrackElement
    69. HTMLUListElement
    70. HTMLUnknownElement
    71. HTMLVideoElement
    72. HashChangeEvent
    73. History
    74. ImageData
    75. Location
    76. MessageChannel
    77. MessageEvent
    78. MessagePort
    79. Navigator
    80. PageTransitionEvent
    81. Plugin
    82. PluginArray
    83. PopStateEvent
    84. PromiseRejectionEvent
    85. RadioNodeList
    86. ValidityState
    87. 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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