HTML Form Input Type

The tag in HTML is used to design interactive controls in web forms for accepting data from the user end. A wide variety of types of control widgets and input data are available, depending on the user agent and device used. The tag is one of the most important elements used in all of HTML due to its sheer number of combinations of attributes and input types. In this topic, we are going to learn about HTML Form Input Type.

The tag is an important element of a HTML

element. The “type” attribute inside the tag can be of various types and is used to define information field such as provides a text box. The default type for the tag is text.

List of the types of “input” available in HTML

Type	Description	Format	Example
button	Used to define a push button with the text of the button being the value of the value attribute.
checkbox	Used to define a checkbox allowing users to select/deselect its values.		Cricket Tennis Football
file	Used to define a file upload feature on the local system with the accept attribute being used to restrict the file types for upload.		<input type="file" name="newfile">
hidden	Used to hide a control whose value will be submitted on the server. There is an example in the next column, but it’s hidden!
image	A graphical submit button — displaying an image defined with the src attribute. The alt attribute displays if the image src is missing.
password	Used to define a single-line text field whose value is obscured, and it will also alert the user if the site is not secure
radio	Used to define a radio button and select a single value out of multiple.		Red Blue Green
reset	Used to define a button to reset the form values to its defaults.
submit	Used to define a submit button for the form.
text	Used to define a text field in the form.

List of the types of “input” available in HTML5

Type	Description	Format	Example
color	Used to define the color of the elements in an HTML form. It takes a hexadecimal input.
datetime-local	Used to define an element for date and time in the HTML form with opening a date picker or numeric wheels for the month, day, and year, when used in supported browsers.
email	Used to define a text field for email which has all the predefined validations done for checking an email.
date	Used to define a date picker for the HTML form.
number	Used to input numbers in the HTML form by displaying a spinner and adding default validation when used in supported browsers.
range	Used to define a range in the HTML form.
search	Used to define single-line text fields for entering search strings.
tel	Used to define a telephone entering field within an HTML form.
time	Used to define a field for entering time in HTML form
url	Used to define a text field for entering a url in the HTML form with all its validations being performed automatically.
week	Used to define a text field for entering the week-year number and a week number with no time zone.
datetime	Used to define a text field for entering a date and time (hour, minute, second, and fraction of a second) based on the UTC time zone.

Attributes

The below section provides a table listing all the relevant attributes along with a brief description. This table is followed by a list describing each attribute in greater detail, along with which input types they are associated with. Those that are common to most or all input types are defined in greater detail below.

Attribute	Types
1.       accept	file
2.       alt	image
3.       autocomplete	all
4.       autofocus	all
5.       capture	file
6.       checked	radio, checkbox
7.       dirname	text, search
8.       disabled	all
9.       form	all
10.    formaction	image, submit
11.    formenctype	image, submit
12.    formmethod	image, submit
13.    formnovalidate	image, submit
14.    formtarget	image, submit
15.    height	image
16.    list	almost all
17.    max	numeric types
18.    maxlength	password, search, tel, text, url
19.    min	numeric types
20.    minlength	password, search, tel, text, url
21.    multiple	email, file
22.    name	all
23.    pattern	password, text, tel
24.    placeholder	password, search, tel, text, url
25.    readonly	almost all
26.    required	almost all
27.    size	email, password, tel, text
28.    src	image
29.    step	numeric types
30.    type	all
31.    value	all
32.    width	image

Conclusion – HTML Form Input Type

With the help of HTML5 new form input types, we can enhance the user’s experience, makes a future-proof application, and makes the coding a bit easier for developers. Support of these new form input types is strong especially in mobile devices with keypads. These input types are safe for usability purposes and are also providing extra utility to the user.

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