HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/input
Appearance
Use
[edit | edit source]These input data from the user. They can be inputs such as text boxes or selection boxes.
Example
[edit | edit source]<input type="text" name="textinput" size="30"/>
Required attributes
[edit | edit source]type
[edit | edit source]Type tells the browser what type of input element this is. It can be one of the following:
- "text": A one line text box.
- "radio": Small circular choice buttons.
- "checkbox": A small square choice button.
- "password": A password box. For security, it shows all characters as "*".
- "hidden": Hidden text in a web page.
- "file": Presents a text box for entering the full name of a local file. Also has a "browse" button to select the file.
- "submit": Submit button.
- "image": Image Button.
- "reset": A reset button.
Optional attributes
[edit | edit source]name
[edit | edit source]Names the attribute. When the form is sent off, the user would want to know what the information is.
size
[edit | edit source]The size of the text box. This is done in a percentage.
value
[edit | edit source]Use this when the type attribute has been set to radio. Tells the form what the value is when the box has been highlighted.
checked
[edit | edit source]Use this to define a value in the checkbox. Use with checkbox only.
Standard attributes
[edit | edit source]More info
[edit | edit source]A link to a page with more info, then the name of the site the info came from (i.e. W3Schools).