Example
Return the character-set the server should use for form submission:
var x = document.getElementById("myForm").acceptCharset;
The result of x will be:
ISO-8859-1
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Definition and Usage
The acceptCharset property sets or returns the value of the accept-charset attribute in a form element.
The accept-charset attribute specifies the character-sets that are to be used for the form submission.
The default value is the reserved string "UNKNOWN" (indicates that the encoding equals the encoding of the document containing the <form> element).
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acceptCharset | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Return the acceptCharset property:
formObject.acceptCharset
Set the acceptCharset property:
formObject.acceptCharset=character-set
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| character-set | A space- or comma-separated list of one or more character encodings that are to be
used for the form submission.
Common values:
In theory, any character encoding can be used, but no browser understands all of them. The more widely a character encoding is used, the better the chance that a browser will understand it. To view all available character encodings, go to our Character sets reference. |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the character set(s) that the server should use for form submission |
|---|
More Examples
Example
Change the value of the accept-charset attribute in a form to UTF-8:
document.getElementById("myForm").acceptCharset = "UTF-8";
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <form> accept-charset attribute
< Form Object