input type=hidden element | input type=hidden object (Windows)

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Transmits state information about client/server interaction.

HTML information

Closing Tag	forbidden
CSS Display

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

input type=hidden

Members

The input type=hidden object has these types of members:

Events
Methods
Properties

Events

The input type=hidden object has these events.

Event	Description
abort	Fires when the user aborts the download.
activate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
change	Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed.
deactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
error	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
focus	Fires when the object receives focus.
input	Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface.
load	Fires immediately after the client loads the object.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onselect	Fires when the current selection changes.
readystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
reset	Fires when the user resets a form.
resize	Fires when the size of the object is about to change.

Methods

The input type=hidden object has these methods.

Method	Description
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
click	Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
compareDocumentPosition	Compares the position of two nodes in a document.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
createTextRange	Creates a TextRange object for the element.
doScroll	Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
isDefaultNamespace	Indicates whether or not a namespace is the default namespace for a document.
isEqualNode	Determines if two nodes are equal.
isSameNode	Determines if two node references refer to the same node.
isSupported	Returns a value indicating whether or not the object supports a specific DOM standard.
lookupNamespaceURI	Gets the URI of the namespace associated with a namespace prefix, if any.
lookupPrefix	Gets the namespace prefix associated with a URI, if any.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
normalize	Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model.
releaseCapture	Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Properties

The input type=hidden object has these properties.

Property	Description
ATOMICSELECTION	Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
canHaveHTML	Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
dataFld	Sets or retrieves a field of a given data source, as specified by the dataSrc property, to bind to the specified object.
dataSrc	Sets or retrieves the source of the data for data binding.
defaultValue	Sets or retrieves the initial contents of the object.
form	Retrieves a reference to the form that the object is embedded in.
hideFocus	Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus.
id	Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object.
innerHTML	Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.
innerText	Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object.
isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
isTextEdit	Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object.
lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
localName	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
name	Sets or retrieves the name of the object.
namespaceURI	Retrieves the namespace URI of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
nodeName	Gets the name of a particular type of node.
nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
nodeValue	Gets or sets the value of a node.
offsetHeight	Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetWidth	Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
parentTextEdit	Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.
prefix	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
previousSibling	Gets a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
readyState	Retrieves a value that indicates the current state of the object.
role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
STYLE	Sets an inline style for the element.
tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
textContent	Sets or retrieves the text content of an object and any child objects.
title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
type	Retrieves or initially sets the type of input control represented by the object.
uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
uniqueNumber	Retrieves the element's unique number.
value	Sets or retrieves the displayed value for the control object. This value is returned to the server when the control object is submitted.

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.4

Remarks

This input type presents no control to the user, but sends the value of the value property with the submitted form.

input type=hidden element | input type=hidden object