Lesson 6 Vocabulary

  1. Check box – A form element that allows users to check more than one option from a group of items for a given question.
  2. Drop-down box – A scrollable box that represents a list of options to the user where one or more items may be selected.
  3. Form – An element used on a Web page to collect information from users.
  4. Menu – A form element.
  5. Option button – A group of options from which a user can select that limits users to one choice within the group.
  6. Picture field – An image used as a button instead of the standard gray button.
  7. Results – The information that a user enters into a form.
  8. Text area – A form element that allows a user to type in large quantities of information.
  9. Text box – A form element that allows the user to enter a single word or a few words.
  10. Validate – To check the contents entered into the text fields by the user to make sure all of the information has been entered properly.