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karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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Value in lowercase?

Why do we put value in lowercase any reason for that. Will that putting the value same way as the Text will that make any difference.

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Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
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Hi Karan,

I think it is kind of a standard, though not required, to use lowercase. Form values are HTML attributes, and this is some advice about HTML attributes from w3schools.com:

Use Lowercase Attribute Names

HTML allows mixing uppercase and lowercase letters in attribute names.

However, we recommend using lowercase attribute names, because:

  • Mixing uppercase and lowercase names looks bad
  • Developers normally use lowercase names
  • Lowercase look cleaner
  • Lowercase are easier to write

Happy Coding!