<INPUT ...>
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TYPE: what type of fieldNAME: name of this form fieldVALUE: initial or only value of this fieldSIZE: how wide the text field should beMAXLENGTH: maximum number of charactersCHECKED: check this checkbox or radio buttonBORDER: border around imageSRC: URL of imageALT: text to show if you don't show the pictureLOWSRC: a version of the picture that isn't such a big fileWIDTH: width of imageHEIGHT: height of imageALIGN: how text should flow around the pictureVSPACE: vertical distance between the picture and the text |   |
HSPACE: horizontal distance between the picture and the textREADONLY: the value of this field cannot be changedDISABLED: don't let the user do anything with this fieldACCESSKEY
TABINDEX: tab orderLANGUAGE: scripting language to useonClick: when the user clicks hereonChange: when this field is changedonFocus: when this field gets the focusonBlur: when this field loses the focusonKeyPress: script to run when a key is pressedonKeyUp: script for when a key goes up while the field has the focusonKeyDown: script for when a key goes down while the field has the focusAUTOCOMPLETE: If the browser should use autocompletion for the field |
<INPUT ...> creates the data entry fields on an HTML form. (Well, it creates most types of fields, <TEXTAREA ...> and <SELECT ...> also create some, as does the new <BUTTON ...> tag.) The TYPE attribute establishes what type of field the input is creating. The other <INPUT ...> attributes affect different types of inputs different ways (or not at all). So let's jump straight into the TYPE attribute and look at the different types of input fields.
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