input type=text element | input type=text object
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Creates a single-line text entry control.
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Standards information
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.4
HTML information
| Closing Tag | forbidden |
|---|---|
| CSS Display | inline |
DOM Information
Inheritance Hierarchy
Remarks
The SIZE attribute sets the number of visible characters in the INPUT type=text element. The MAXLENGTH attribute sets the maximum number of characters that can be entered.
Security Warning: Using this object incorrectly can compromise the security of your application. When submitting text through INPUT type=text over an intranet or the Internet, validating the text string is recommended. For instance, you might validate the string for a restricted set of known, good values (such as letters and numbers) and ignore the rest. You should review the Security Considerations: Dynamic HTML before continuing.
Examples
This example uses the INPUT type=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.
<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>
See also
- input
- Reference
- spellcheck
- input
- textArea
Build date: 3/8/2012
Please consider the following article:
http://blog.rednael.com/2009/09/01/TrappingMouseEventsOnTransparentInputElementsOrTextareasInIE.aspx
It describes an issue when trying to trap mouse events on transparent Input elements (type=text) and Textarea elements.
