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Summary

The input element with a type attribute whose value is "text" represents a one-line plain text edit control for the input element’s value.

Overview Table

DOM Interface	HTMLInputElement

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 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. Note  For more code samples, see Form controls part 1 and Form controls part 2: validation on the Windows Internet Explorer sample site.

Standards information

• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.4

HTML information

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Compatibility

Desktop

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Mobile

Feature	Android	BlackBerry	Chrome for mobile	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Opera Mini	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

See also

External resources

http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/input.text.html#input.text

Related pages (MSDN)

• Reference
• spellcheck
• input
• textArea

This article contains content originally from external sources.

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