INPUT type=text Element | INPUT type=text Object
Creates a single-line text entry control.
HTML Syntax
<INPUT ACCESSKEY = key ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT ALT = text CLASS = classname DISABLED ID = value LANG = language LANGUAGE = JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS LOWSRC = url MAXLENGTH = n NAME = name READONLY SIZE = n STYLE = css1-properties TABINDEX =n TITLE =text TYPE = TEXT VALUE = value event = script >
Remarks
The SIZE attribute sets the number of visible characters in the text element. The MAXLENGTH attribute sets the maximum number of characters that can be entered.
The text element is an inline element and does not require a closing tag.
This element is available in HTML and script as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0.
Members
Styles
Example
This example uses the text element to create an empty text control that can contain 15 characters without requiring the user to scroll to read all of the text.
Sample Code
<INPUT TYPE=text VALUE="" NAME="textbox" SIZE=15>This example uses script to detect the content of the text box and display it in a dialog box.
<SCRIPT> function detectEntry() { alert("Your name is " + textbox.value) } </SCRIPT>The preceding HTML code and script examples implement the following text box. Click the What Is Your Name? button to call the detectEntry() function.
Enter your name:
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