Input (HTML element)

In HTML the input element represents s a typed data field, usually with a form control to allow the user to edit the data.

Description

The <input> element represents a typed data field, usually with a form control to allow the user to edit the data.

Point

• The type attribute controls the data type (and associated control) of the element. It is an enumerated attribute.

• The following table lists the keywords and states for the attribute.
  The keywords in the left column map to the states in the cell in the second column on the same row as the keyword.

Keyword	State	Data type	Control type
hidden	Hidden	An arbitrary string	n/a
text	Text	Text with no line breaks	Text field
search	Search	Text with no line breaks	Search field
tel	Telephone	Text with no line breaks	A text field
url	URL	An absolute IRI	A text field
email	E-mail	An e-mail address or list of e-mail addresses	A text field
password	Password	Text with no line breaks (sensitive information)	Text field that obscures data entry
datetime	Date and Time	A date and time (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, fraction of a second) with the time zone set to UTC	A date and time control
date	Date	A date (year, month, day) with no time zone	A date control
month	Month	A date consisting of a year and a month with no time zone	A month control
week	Week	A date consisting of a week-year number and a week number with no time zone	A week control
time	Time	A time (hour, minute, seconds, fractional seconds) with no time zone	A time control
datetime-local	Local Date and Time	A date and time (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, fraction of a second) with no time zone	A date and time control
number	Number	A numerical value	A text field or spinner control
range	Range	A numerical value, with the extra semantic that the exact value is not important	A slider control or similar
color	Color	An sRGB color with 8-bit red, green, and blue components	A color well
checkbox	Checkbox	A set of zero or more values from a predefined list	A checkbox
radio	Radio Button	An enumerated value	A radio button
file	File Upload	Zero or more files each with a MIME type and optionally a file name	A label and a button
submit	Submit Button	An enumerated value, with the extra semantic that it must be the last value selected and initiates form submission	A button
image	Image Button	A coordinate, relative to a particular image's size, with the extra semantic that it must be the last value selected and initiates form submission	Either a clickable image, or a button
reset	Reset Button	n/a	A button
button	Button	n/a	A button

See also

• HTML
• HTML elements

External links

• input @ w3.org
• [1] @ w3.org
• input @ developers.mozilla.org
• input @ w3schools.com