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The formaction Attribute

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Form action set to “http://example.com”

 


Firefox
4+

Safari
5.2+

Safari
5+

Chrome
10+

Opera
10.6+

IE
10+

Android
4.0+

The Low Down

The formaction attribute forces a form to direct to the specified URL instead of the URL specified as the value of the action attribute in the <form> element.

  • Valid for submitting elements, including <input type=submit> and <input type=image> and <button>.
  • Used to override the default form action. Possible use case: “Send to Marketing” / “Send to Support”
  • Not sure exactly when support in Safari began: it didn’t work in Safari 5.0.3 but does now in 5.2. Also fixed from iOS 4 to 5.
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