Using "multipart / form-data"

Question

Is the multipart/form-dataattribute value used enctype <form>except in forms containing <input type="file" />?

Answer 1

At this point, multipart / form-data is only used to send files through the input element [type = file]:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4.2