The <input> Element

Forms

The <input> element creates a user-interactive control for web-based forms. Form controls can accept data from the user, which can then be submitted to a web server.

Attributes for <input>

Type	Attribute List
'Standard' Attributes	"accept", "alt", "autocorrect", "autosave", "checked", "disabled", "maxlength", "name", "readonly", "results", "size", "src", "type", and "value"
New HTML5 Attributes	"autocomplete", "capture", "dirname", "form", "formaction", "formenctype", "formmethod", "formnovalidate", "formtarget", "height", "list", "max", "min", "minlength", "multiple", "pattern", "placeholder", "required", "step", and "width"
Obsolete Attributes	"align", "border", "hspace", "ismap", "usemap", and "vspace"

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search <input> (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search <input> (email client compatibility information)
• HTML 4.01: INPUT element
• HTML5 (WHATWG): input element
• MDN: <input>
• Quackit: HTML <input> tag

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "input element"
• Google "input element"