value (input elements)

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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>

Notes

Remarks

The purpose of the value property depends on the type of control as described in the following table. {

Standards information

• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.4

See also

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• JavaScript animation

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• status

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• canvas

• CSS Regions API

• CSSRegionStyleRule

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• getRegions

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• css/MSCSSMatrix/apis/properties/a

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• @keyframes

• @media

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• @page

… further results"html" is not in the list of possible values (Canvas, CSS Font, CSS Layout, Animation, Audio, Background, Border, Box Model, CSS Attributes, CSSOM, Combinators, Deprecated, Document Structure, Exclusions, FileSystemAPI, Filters, Flexbox, Fonts, Generated and Replaced Content, Gradients, Grid Layout, HTML, Multimedia, Media Queries, Mobile, Multi-Column, Off-line Storage, Paged Media, Performance, Pointer Events, Pseudo-Classes, Pseudo-Elements, Regions, Responsive Web Design, Ruby, Scrollbar, Selectors, Security, Syntax, Tables, Text, Touch, Transforms, Transitions, Video, Visual Effects, Web Components, WebRTC, XHR) for this property.

Related pages (MSDN)

• input
• input type=checkbox
• input type=password
• input type=text
• input type=file
• input type=hidden
• input type=button
• input type=radio
• input type=reset
• input type=submit
• input type=range
• input type=number
• input type=email
• input type=url
• input type=tel

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Portions of this content come from the Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]