HTML Form Input Types

In HTML <input type=" "> is an important element of HTML form. The "type" attribute of input element can be various types, which defines information field. Such as <input type="text" name="name"> gives a text box.

Following is a list of all types of <input> element of HTML.

HTML5 added new types on <input> element. Following is the list of types of elements of HTML5

Following is the description about types of <input> element with examples.

1. <input type="text">:

<input> element of type "text" are used to define a single-line input text field.

Example:

<form>
	<label>Enter first name</label><br>
	<input type="text" name="firstname"><br>
	<label>Enter last name</label><br>
	<input type="text" name="lastname"><br>
    <p><strong>Note:</strong>The default maximum cahracter lenght is 20.</p>
</form>

Output:

2. <input type="password">:

The <input> element of type "password" allow a user to enter the password securely in a webpage. The entered text in password filed converted into "*" or ".", so that it cannot be read by another user.

Example:

<form>
	<label>Enter User name</label><br>
	<input type="text" name="firstname"><br>
	<label>Enter Password</label><br>
	<input type="Password" name="password"><br>
	<br><input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Output:

3. <input type="submit">:

The <input> element of type "submit" defines a submit button to submit the form to the server when the "click" event occurs.

Example:

<form action="https://www.TheDeveloperBlog.com/html-tutorial">
	<label>Enter User name</label><br>
	<input type="text" name="firstname"><br>
	<label>Enter Password</label><br>
	<input type="Password" name="password"><br>
	<br><input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Output:

4. <input type="reset">:

The <input> type "reset" is also defined as a button but when the user performs a click event, it by default reset the all inputted values.

Example:

<form>
	<label>User id: </label>
	 <input type="text" name="user-id" value="user">
              <label>Password: </label>
	 <input type="password" name="pass" value="pass"><br><br>	
	 <input type="submit" value="login">
	  <input type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>

Output:

5. <input type="radio">:

The <input> type "radio" defines the radio buttons, which allow choosing an option between a set of related options. At a time only one radio button option can be selected at a time.

Example:

<form>
  <p>Kindly Select your favorite color</p>
  <input type="radio" name="color" value="red"> Red <br>
  <input type="radio" name="color" value="blue"> blue <br>
  <input type="radio" name="color" value="green">green <br>
  <input type="radio" name="color" value="pink">pink <br>
  <input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Output:

6. <input type="checkbox">:

The <input> type "checkbox" are displayed as square boxes which can be checked or unchecked to select the choices from the given options.

Note: The "radio" buttons are similar to checkboxes, but there is an important difference between both types: radio buttons allow the user to select only one option at a time, whereas checkbox allows a user to select zero to multiple options at a time.

Example:

<form> 
 	  <label>Enter your Name:</label>
 	  <input type="text" name="name">
      <p>Kindly Select your favourite sports</p>
      <input type="checkbox" name="sport1" value="cricket">Cricket<br>
	  <input type="checkbox" name="sport2" value="tennis">Tennis<br>
	  <input type="checkbox" name="sport3" value="football">Football<br>
	  <input type="checkbox" name="sport4" value="baseball">Baseball<br>
	  <input type="checkbox" name="sport5" value="badminton">Badminton<br><br>
	  <input type="submit" value="submit">
  </form>

Output:

7. <input type="button">:

The <input> type "button" defines a simple push button, which can be programmed to control a functionally on any event such as, click event.

Note: It mainly works with JavaScript.

Example:

<form>
     <input type="button" value="Clcik me " onclick="alert('you are learning HTML')">
</form>

Output:

Note: In the above example we have used the "alert" of JS, which you will learn in our JS tutorial. It is used to show a pop window.

8. <input type="file">:

The <input> element with type "file" is used to select one or more files from user device storage. Once you select the file, and after submission, this file can be uploaded to the server with the help of JS code and file API.

Example:

<form>
     <label>Select file to upload:</label>
     <input type="file" name="newfile">
     <input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

Output:

9. <input type="image">:

The <input> type "image" is used to represent a submit button in the form of image.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Input "image" type.</h2>
<p>We can create an image as submit button</p>
  <form>
    <label>User id:</label><br>
     <input type="text" name="name"><br><br>
     <input type="image" alt="Submit" src="login.png"  width="100px">
  </form>

 </body>
</html>

HTML5 newly added <input> types element

1. <input type="color">:

The <input> type "color" is used to define an input field which contains a colour. It allows a user to specify the colour by the visual colour interface on a browser.

Note: The "color" type only supports color value in hexadecimal format, and the default value is #000000 (black).

Example:

<form>
	Pick your Favorite color: <br><br>
	<input type="color" name="upclick" value="#a52a2a"> Upclick<br><br>
	<input type="color" name="downclick" value="#f5f5dc"> Downclick
</form>

Output:

2. <input type="date">:

The <input> element of type "date" generates an input field, which allows a user to input the date in a given format. A user can enter the date by text field or by date picker interface.

Example:

<form>
	Select Start and End Date: <br><br>
	  <input type="date" name="Startdate"> Start date:<br><br>
	  <input type="date" name="Enddate"> End date:<br><br>
	 <input type="submit">
</form>

Output:

3. <input type="datetime-local">:

The <input> element of type "datetime-local" creates input filed which allow a user to select the date as well as local time in the hour and minute without time zone information.

Example:

<form>
 	<label>
	  Select the meeting schedule: <br><br>
	  Select date & time: <input type="datetime-local" name="meetingdate"> <br><br>
	</label>
	  <input type="submit">
</form>

Output:

4. <input type="email">:

The <input> type "email" creates an input filed which allow a user to enter the e-mail address with pattern validation. The multiple attributes allow a user to enter more than one email address.

Example:

<form>
         <label><b>Enter your Email-address</b></label>
        <input type="email" name="email" required>
        <input type="submit">
         <p><strong>Note:</strong>User can also enter multiple email addresses separating by comma or whitespace as following: </p>
         <label><b>Enter multiple Email-addresses</b></label>
         <input type="email" name="email"  multiple>
        <input type="submit">
</form>   

Output:

5. <input type="month">:

The <input> type "month" creates an input field which allows a user to easily enter month and year in the format of "MM, YYYY" where MM defines month value, and YYYY defines the year value. New

Example:

<form>
	<label>Enter your Birth Month-year: </label>
	<input type="month" name="newMonth">
	<input type="submit">
</form>

Output:

6. <input type="number">:

The <input> element type number creates input filed which allows a user to enter the numeric value. You can also restrict to enter a minimum and maximum value using min and max attribute.

Example:

<form>
	<label>Enter your age: </label>
	<input type="number" name="num" min="50" max="80">
     <input type="submit">
</form>

Output:

7. <input type="url">:

The <input> element of type "url" creates an input filed which enables user to enter the URL.

Example:

  <form>
  	<label>Enter your website URL: </label>
  	<input type="url" name="website" placeholder="http://example.com"><br>
  	<input type="submit" value="send data">
  </form>

Output:

8. <input type="week">:

The <input> type week creates an input field which allows a user to select a week and year form the drop-down calendar without time zone.

Example:

<form>
 	<label><b>Select your best week of year:</b></label><br><br>
 	<input type="week" name="bestweek">
 	<input type="submit" value="Send data">
 </form>

Output:

9. <input type="search">:

The <input> type "search" creates an input filed which allows a user to enter a search string. These are functionally symmetrical to the text input type, but may be styled differently.

Example:

<form>
	<label>Search here:</label>
	<input type="search" name="q">
	<input type="submit" value="search">
</form>

Output:

10. <input type="tel">:

The <input> element of type ?tel? creates an input filed to enter the telephone number. The "tel" type does not have default validation such as email, because telephone number pattern can vary worldwide.

Example:

<form>
	  <label><b>Enter your Telephone Number(in format of xxx-xxx-xxxx):</b></label>
      <input type="tel" name="telephone" pattern="[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}" required>
      <input type="submit"><br><br>
   </form> 

Output: