Creates a variety of form input controls.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the input object.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
ACCEPT	accept	Sets or retrieves a comma-separated list of content types.
ALIGN	align	Sets or retrieves how the object is aligned with adjacent text.
ALT	alt	Sets or retrieves a text alternative to the graphic.
	complete	Retrieves whether the object is fully loaded.
	constructor	Returns a reference to the constructor of an object.
DYNSRC	dynsrc	Sets or retrieves the address of a video clip or VRML world to display in the window.
HSPACE	hspace	Sets or retrieves the horizontal margin for the object.
LOOP	loop	Sets or retrieves the number of times a sound or video clip will loop when activated.
LOWSRC	lowsrc	Sets or retrieves a lower resolution image to display.
start	start	Sets or retrieves when a video clip file should begin playing.
USEMAP	useMap	Sets or retrieves the URL, often with a bookmark extension (#name), to use as a client-side image map.
VALUE	value	Sets or retrieves the displayed value for the control object. This value is returned to the server when the control object is submitted.
VSPACE	vspace	Sets or retrieves the vertical margin for the object.

Behaviors

Behavior	Description
mask	Grants a masked edit behavior to DHTML Objects.

Prototypes

Object	Description
HTMLInputElement Constructor	Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the HTMLInputElement Constructor prototype chain.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
:active	:active	Sets the style of an element when it is engaged or active.
:first-child	:first-child	Applies one or more styles to any element that is the first child of its parent.
:hover	:hover	Sets the style of an element when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the element.
:lang	:lang(C)	In a document, selects the elements that are in a given language.
border	border	Sets or retrieves the properties to draw around the object.
-ms-layout-flow	layoutFlow	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
-ms-text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.
-ms-word-wrap	wordWrap	Sets or retrieves whether to break words when the content exceeds the boundaries of its container.
-ms-writing-mode	writingMode	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
-ms-zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

  Internet Explorer 8 and later. In IE8 mode, the title attribute is preferred over the alt attribute when specified as a pop-up tooltip. This applies only when the type attribute is set to image. For more information on IE8 mode, see Defining Document Compatibility.

The TYPE attribute for the INPUT element is used to specify one of the following form input controls:

button	checkbox	file	hidden	image
password	radio	reset	submit	text

This element is an inline element.

This element does not require a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the INPUT element to create different types of input controls.

<FORM ACTION="http://intranet/survey" METHOD=POST>
<P>Name</P>
<BR><INPUT NAME="CONTROL1" TYPE=TEXT VALUE="Your Name">
<P>Password</P>
<BR><INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="CONTROL2">
<P>Color</P>
<BR><INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="CONTROL3" VALUE="0" CHECKED>Red
<INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="CONTROL3" VALUE="1">Green
<INPUT TYPE="RADIO" NAME="CONTROL3" VALUE="2">Blue
<P>Comments</P>
<BR><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="CONTROL4" SIZE="20,5" MAXLENGTH="250">
<P><INPUT NAME="CONTROL5" TYPE=CHECKBOX CHECKED>Send receipt</P>
<P><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="OK"><INPUT TYPE="RESET" VALUE="Reset"></P>
</FORM>

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 3.2  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

See Also

button, select, textArea