XForms Output Element - Archive of obsolete content
attributes ui common appearance - the value of this attribute gives a hint to the xforms processor as to which type of widget(s) to use to represent this control accesskey - used to specify the keyboard shortcut for focusing this control single-node binding special value - xpath expression whose evaluation result is used as the output's value.
... representations the xforms output element can be represented by the following widgets for the specified data types (or types derived from these data types): text - default representation for instance data of most types, especially static text (xhtml/xul).
...xforms output is most often used when a form author needs to render simple text of an instance node (xhtml/xul).
... analogous widgets are <xhtml:span/> and <xul:description/> calendar a form author may notice a xforms output element represented by a calendar widget in the mozilla xforms processor if the control meets the following criteria (xhtml/xul).

XForms Select Element - Archive of obsolete content
attributes ui common appearance - the value of this attribute gives a hint to the xforms processor as to which type of widget(s) to use to represent this control.
...the data binding restriction to simple content may be relaxed when an itemset element is used, which allows the available choices to be obtained from an xforms model.
... representations the xforms select element can be represented by the following widgets for the specified appearance attribute values: list - default representation (xhtml/xul) check group- used when appearance = 'full' (xhtml/xul) list displaying a listbox is the default representation (xhtml/xul).
... <xf:value>pg</xf:value> </xf:item> <xf:item> <xf:label>green</xf:label> <xf:value>g</xf:value> </xf:item> </xf:choices> <xf:choices> <xf:label>red colors</xf:label> <xf:item> <xf:label>red</xf:label> <xf:value>r</xf:value> </xf:item> <xf:item> <xf:label>magenta</xf:label> <xf:value>m</xf:value> </xf:item> </xf:choices> </xforms:select> ...

XForms Submit Element - Archive of obsolete content
upon receiving a domactivate event, this form control dispatches a xforms-submit event to the submission element (see the spec) specified in its submission attibute.
... attributes ui common appearance - the value of this attribute gives a hint to the xforms processor as to which type of widget(s) to use to represent this control.
...representations the xforms submit element can be represented by the following widgets for the specified appearance attribute values: button - default representation (xhtml/xul) link/clickable text - used when appearance = 'minimal' (xhtml only) button displaying a button is the default presentation (xhtml/xul).
... characteristics analogous widgets are <html:input type="submit"/> and <xul:button/> link/clickable text xforms authors can use this representation if they want to have a widget like a xhtml anchor (xhtml only).

XForms Trigger Element - Archive of obsolete content
actions are described by the xforms action module (see the spec).
... attributes ui common appearance - the value of this attribute gives a hint to the xforms processor as to which type of widget(s) to use to represent this control accesskey - used to specify the keyboard shortcut for focusing this control single-node binding type restrictions the trigger element can be bound to a node containing data of any type.
... representations the xforms trigger element can be represented by the following widgets for the specified appearance attribute values: button - default representation (xhtml/xul) link/clickable text - used when appearance = 'minimal' (xhtml only) button displaying a button is the default presentation (xhtml/xul).
... characteristics analogous widgets are <html:input type="button"/> and <xul:button/> link/clickable text xforms authors can use this representation if they want to have a widget like a xhtml anchor (xhtml only).

XForms API Reference - Archive of obsolete content
this page is the beginning of the xforms api reference.
... note the word beginning :-) naming convention the xforms interfaces has the following naming convention: nsixforms...element interfaces implemented by the c++ part of a control nsixformsns...element interfaces extending xforms specification interfaces nsixforms...uielement interfaces implemented by the js part of a control nsixforms...accessors interface exposing states about the bound instance node for a given control frozen interfaces nsixformsmodelelement the model interface experimental interfaces nsixformsdelegate the delegate interface for xforms:custom_controls nsixformsaccessors the accessors interface for xforms:custom_controls nsixformsnsmodelelement custom extensi...
...on(s) to the nsixformsmodelelement interface nsixformsnsinstanceelement custom extension(s) to the instance element ...

Developing Mozilla XForms - Archive of obsolete content
debugging always start with a debug build of the xforms and the schema-validation extensions.
... see building mozilla xforms for a .mozconfig for debug builds.
...then start firefox out of the build directory: cd obj-*/dist/firefox ./firefox -no-remote -jsconsole -p yourprofilename the xforms extension that was built together with firefox should be already installed.

XForms Label Element - Archive of obsolete content
introduction specifies the label (short description) for the xforms control (see the spec).
... ui behavior accesskey support - if the accesskey attribute is specified on labeled xforms controls or on the label element itself then the label text for the control will contain an indicator as to what the access key is in a standard way.
... representations the xforms label element is represented by the text retrieved from instance data, a document or the label element's own inline content.

XForms Range Element - Archive of obsolete content
single-node binding special incremental - supported, default value is false start - lower bound of possible values end - upper bound of possible values step - is used for incrementing/decrementing values start/end/step attributes if the value of the bound instance node is outside the range of values specified by the start and end attributes, then the range element receives a xforms-out-of-range event.
... if the bound value then becomes in range, the range element receives a xforms-in-range event.
... representations the xforms range element is represented by a slider widget (xhtml only).

XForms Select1 Element - Archive of obsolete content
attributes ui common appearance - the value of this attribute gives a hint to the xforms processor as to which type of widget(s) to use to represent this control.
...the data binding restriction to simple content may be relaxed when an itemset element is used, which allows the available choices to be obtained from an xforms model.
... representations the xforms select1 element can be represented by the following widgets for the specified appearance attribute values: combobox - default representation (xhtml/xul) listbox - used when appearance = 'compact' (xhtml/xul) radio group - used when appearance = 'full' (xhtml/xul) combobox displaying a combobox is the default representation (xhtml/xul).

XForms Config Variables - Archive of obsolete content
a description of the about:config preferences that xforms uses.
... preference default description xforms.disablepopup false disables xforms engine popup error messages xforms.enableexperimentalfeatures false enable experimental features.
... for now it only enables the xforms 1.1 soap action feature, and only on trunk.

Using XForms and PHP - Archive of obsolete content
introduction a few tips on using xforms and php together.
... returning xml data to either serve a page (with xforms in it) or to generate data used as instance data for xforms, the page needs to be served as xml, for example application/xhtml+xml.
...to really use the power of xforms (/xml) you would probably submit xml.

XForms - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
xforms is a convention for building web forms and processing form data in the xml format.
... no major browser supports xforms any longer—we suggest using html5 forms instead.
... learn more technical reference xforms documentation on mdn ...

XForms Custom Controls Examples - Archive of obsolete content
a full example showing a complete form can be found on xforms:custom_controls.
... output showing images <binding id="output-image" extends="chrome://xforms/content/xforms.xml#xformswidget-base"> <content> <html:div> <html:img anonid="content"/> </html:div> </content> <implementation implements="nsixformsuiwidget"> <method name="refresh"> <body> var img = document.getanonymouselementbyattribute(this, "anonid", "content"); img.setattribute("src", this.stringvalue); return true; </body> </method> </implementation> </binding> output showing xhtml <binding id="output-xhtml" extends="chrome://xforms/content/xforms-xhtml.xml#xformswidget-output"> <content> <children includes="label"/> <xhtml:div class="xf-value" anonid="content"></xhtml:div> <children/> </content> <implementation implements="nsixformsuiwidge...

XForms Upload Element - Archive of obsolete content
the xforms author can set the filter by using the mediatype attribute directly on the upload element or by placing a mediatype element (see the spec) as a direct child of the upload element.
... representations the xforms upload element is represented by visually combining three widgets: a text field that shows the uri of the selected file, a button to open the file picker dialog which allows the user to select a file, and a button to clear the text field and the reference to the file from the bound node (xhtml only).

XForms Help Element - Archive of obsolete content
the help message will be displayed if the f1 key is pressed while the containing form control has focus or if the containing form control recieves a xforms-help event.

XForms Hint Element - Archive of obsolete content
the hint will also be displayed if the containing form control recieves a xforms-hint event.

XForms Message Element - Archive of obsolete content
example <xforms:trigger> <xforms:label>it's a button</xforms:label> <xforms:message level="modal" ev:event="domactivate">hello</xforms:message> </xforms:trigger> ...

XForms Secret Element - Archive of obsolete content
representations the xforms secret element is represented by a password field.

XForms Switch Module - Archive of obsolete content
introduction xforms switch module define a switch construct that allows the creation of user interfaces where the user interface can be varied based on user actions and events.

XForms Textarea Element - Archive of obsolete content
representations the xforms textarea element is represented by a multiline text field (xhtml/xul).

Index - Archive of obsolete content
2211 xforms archive, archived, obsolete, xforms xforms were envisioned as the future of online forms as envisioned by the w3c.
... drawing on other w3c standards like xml schema, xpath, and xml events, xforms tried to address some of the limitations of the current html forms model.
... however, xforms never gained traction and is now considered obsolete.
...And 41 more matches

Implementation Status - Archive of obsolete content
mozilla xforms is not actively maintained any more since about 2010!
... limitations and extensions the extension has some limitations and custom extension to the xforms 1.1 specification.
... these can be found on the mozilla xforms specials page.
...And 20 more matches

nsIAccessibleProvider
xultext 0x0000101a xultextbox 0x0000101b xulthumb 0x0000101c xultree 0x0000101d xultreecolumns 0x0000101e xultreecolumnitem 0x0000101f xultoolbar 0x00001020 xultoolbarseparator 0x00001021 xultooltip 0x00001022 xultoolbarbutton 0x00001023 xforms elements constants constant value description xformscontainer 0x00002000 used for xforms elements that provide accessible object for itself as well for anonymous content.
... this property is used for upload, input[type="xsd:gday"] and input[type="xsd:gmonth"] xformslabel 0x00002001 used for label element.
... xformsouput 0x00002002 used for output element.
...And 16 more matches

Requests For Enhancement - Archive of obsolete content
introduction the purpose of this page is to gather requests for enhancement to the mozilla xforms implementation.
... if you have an idea that might improve mozilla's xforms implementation then you should choose one of the following rfe categories and put your request there.
... you can also contact the xforms team about your request.
...And 14 more matches

nsIAccessibleRole
the role is used by xul:browsermessage, role="alert", xforms:message.
...it is used for xul:label@class="text-link", html:a, html:area, xforms:trigger@appearance="minimal".
...is is used for xul:label, xul:description, html:label, role="label", or xforms:output.
...And 4 more matches

Index
1096 nsixformsmodelelement interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xforms, xpcom, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference an nsidomdocument.
... 1097 nsixformsnsinstanceelement interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, needsexample, needsmarkupwork, xforms, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference nsixformsnsinstanceelement is implemented by all xforms <instance/> elements, defining mozilla extensions.
... 1098 nsixformsnsmodelelement interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, needscontent, needsexample, needsmarkupwork, xforms, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference nsixformsnsmodelelement is implemented by all xforms <model/> elements.
... it defines mozilla extensions to the nsixformsmodelelement interface.

Index of archived content - Archive of obsolete content
back to the server: server-side javascript on the rise sharp variables in javascript standards-compliant authoring tools stopiteration styling the amazing netscape fish cam page using javascript generators in firefox window.importdialog() writing javascript for xhtml xforms building mozilla xforms community developing mozilla xforms implementation status mozilla xforms specials mozilla xforms user interface xforms alert element xforms group element xforms help element xforms hint element ...
... xforms input element xforms label element xforms message element xforms output element xforms range element xforms repeat element xforms secret element xforms select element xforms select1 element xforms submit element xforms switch module xforms textarea element xforms trigger element xforms upload element other resources requests for enhancement rfe to the custom controls rfe to the custom controls interfaces rfe to the xforms api troubleshooting xforms for...
...ms using xforms and php xforms api reference xforms config variables xforms custom controls xforms custom controls examples xforms styling background-size foreach beginner tutorials creating reusable content with css and xbl underscores in class and id names xml data xul user interfaces case sensitivity in class and id names creating a dynamic status bar extension creating a status bar extension element title gecko compatibility handbook getting the page url in npapi plugin i...

Archived open Web documentation - Archive of obsolete content
xforms xforms were envisioned as the future of online forms as envisioned by the w3c.
... drawing on other w3c standards like xml schema, xpath, and xml events, xforms tried to address some of the limitations of the current html forms model.
... however, xforms never gained traction and is now considered obsolete.

Gecko info for Windows accessibility vendors
xforms: xforms is the future of online forms as envisioned by the w3c.
... drawing on other w3c standards like xml schema, xpath, and xml events, xforms tries to address some of the limitations with the current html forms model.
... one of the key features of xforms is accessibility.

Community - Archive of obsolete content
if you know of useful mailing lists, newsgroups, forums, or other communities related to xforms, please link to them here.
... mailing list newsgroup rss feed irc channel w3c forms mailinglist xforms development blog ...

Source code directories overview - Archive of obsolete content
these include: cookies, irc, wallet, dom inspector, p3p, schema validation, spellchecker, transformiix, typeaheadfind, javascript debugger, xforms, etc.

XML in Mozilla - Archive of obsolete content
3p (no longer supported) w3c recommendation p3p wsdl (no longer supported) w3c note web services xbl mozilla's xbl reference xul mozilla's xul reference roadmap next big tasks would include support for xpointer xpointer() scheme (bug 32832), xinclude (bug 201754), xml catalogs (bug 98413), xforms (bug 97806; work being done on implementing this as an extension), validating parser (bug 196355) and xml schemas.

What XULRunner Provides - Archive of obsolete content
what's out xulrunner will not supply: bookmarks or history ui (must be managed by the application/embedder) xforms (xforms will be available as an extension) ...

Other Resources - Archive of obsolete content
all other resources offical mozilla xforms project page w3c test suite xformstest.org ...

RFE to the Custom Controls Interfaces - Archive of obsolete content
in short, we have the following interfaces: nsixformsaccessors - serves to get/set the value of the instance data node that the xforms element is bound to as well as getting the various states of that node nsixformsdelegate - used to obtain the nsixformsaccessors interface nsixformsuiwidget - used by the xforms processor to update the value/state of an xforms element when its bound node's value/state is changed our current mechanism that allows authors to build custom controls assumes that the controls will be bound to instance nodes of simple content type.

Index - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
506 xforms codingscripting, glossary, obsolete, xforms xforms is a convention for building web forms and processing form data in the xml format.

MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
w3c wai wcag web performance web server web standards webassembly webdav webextensions webgl webidl webkit webm webp webrtc websockets webvtt whatwg whitespace world wide web wrapper x xforms xhr (xmlhttprequest) xhtml xinclude xlink xml xpath xquery xslt other 404 502 alpn at-rule attack byte-order mark character set client cryptosystem debug digital signature execution flex...

Gecko object attributes
applied to: any widget that accepts input exposed via aria: aria-datatype exposed in xforms: from boud instance node datatype draggable true when the accessible object can be grabbed.

AT Development
xforms references - gecko documentation showing how xforms controls are mapped to at apis.

Accessibility API Implementation Details
xforms accessibilitythis article provides a quick guide to how accessibility is handled in gecko for xforms.xul accessibilitythis article shows how xul control elements are mapped to accessibility api.

XPCOM Interface Reference
bprogresslistener2nsiwebsocketchannelnsiwebsocketlistenernsiwebappssupportnsiwifiaccesspointnsiwifilistenernsiwifimonitornsiwinaccessnodensiwinapphelpernsiwintaskbarnsiwindowcreatornsiwindowmediatornsiwindowwatchernsiwindowsregkeynsiwindowsshellservicensiworkernsiworkerfactorynsiworkerglobalscopensiworkermessageeventnsiworkermessageportnsiworkerscopensiwritablepropertybagnsiwritablepropertybag2nsixformsmodelelementnsixformsnsinstanceelementnsixformsnsmodelelementnsixmlhttprequestnsixmlhttprequesteventtargetnsixmlhttprequestuploadnsixpcexceptionnsixpcscriptablensixpconnectnsixsltexceptionnsixsltprocessornsixsltprocessorobsoletensixulappinfonsixulbrowserwindownsixulbuilderlistenernsixulruntimensixulsortservicensixultemplatebuildernsixultemplatequeryprocessornsixultemplateresultnsixulwindownsixmlrp...

XPCOM Interface Reference by grouping
on nsixsltprocessor download nsidownload nsidownloadmanager nsidownloadprogresslistener element internal nsiworker nsiworkerglobalscope nsiworkermessageevent nsiworkermessageport nsiworkerscope tree nsitreeboxobject nsitreecolumn nsitreecolumns nsitreecontentview nsitreeselection nsitreeview xform nsixformsmodelelement nsixformsnsinstanceelement nsixformsnsmodelelement xmlhttprequest nsixmlhttprequesteventtarget favicon nsifavicondatacallback nsifaviconservice frame nsichromeframemessagemanager nsiframeloader nsiframeloaderowner nsiframemessagelistener nsiframemessagemanager interface nsijsxmlhttprequest jetpack ...

XTF
for example, the mozilla xforms project uses xtf to add support for the xforms namespace.

Mozilla technologies
for example, the mozilla xforms project uses xtf to add support for the xforms namespace.

choose - XPath
defined xforms 1.1 gecko support supported.