<form id='id' name='name' [method='get|post'] [action='action']>
some form controls
</form>

Enhanced html form tag. See http://wact.sourceforge.net/index.php/FormTag for more info.

Anywhere in a WACT template.

• id – identifier for the tag (optional).
• name – name for the tag (optional).

Any other html form attributes.

Any tags or decorating html

<form id='search_form' name='search_form' action='/search' method='get'>
  <tr>
    <td >
     <locale:STRING name='query' file='search' locale_type='content'>

    </td>
    <td>
     <input type="text" id="query" name="query" class='input' size='40'>
    </td>
  </tr>
</form>

A runtime component for the <form> tag.

• is_valid() – returns a flag if the form was validated
• set_valid_status($status) – sets form validation status

• get_error_dataset() – return errors list dataset
• preserve_state($variable, $value=null) – method that provides a mechanism for having variables persist in hidden fields either side of a form post.
• is_first_time() – returns a true is the form was displayed the first time and have not beed submitted before.
• render_state() – outputs persisting hidden inputs at runtime.
• render_attributes() – outputs tag attributes at runtime