Listed below are explanations and examples of the basic user input forms available in web pages.
Buttons are used to submit information and continue a specified process, often to submit user information to the web server
Checkboxes allow users to select any or all items from a set of choices, not mutually exclusive
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Radio buttons present and either/or choice. Users select from one or more elements but each item is exclusive. Only one can be selected at any given time.
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
Drop-down menus are used to allow users to make a selection from a pre-defined list of options
Multiple Select Drop-down menus are used to allow users to make multiple selections from a pre-defined list of options by pressing cntrl + click
Text Fields allow users to enter text in one line of information
Text Areas allow users to enter more than one line of information and are often scrollable.