Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

type — NN 3 IE 4 DOM 1

Synopsis

Read-only

Returns the type of form control element. A SELECT object has two possible values, depending on whether the element is set to be a multiple-choice list. The value is returned in all lowercase letters. It may be necessary to cycle through all form elements in search of specific types to do some processing on (e.g., emptying all form controls of type “text” while leaving other controls untouched).

Example

if (document.forms[0].elements[3].type == "select-multiple") {
    ...
}

Value

Any of the following constants (as a string): button | checkbox | file | hidden | image | password | radio | reset | select-multiple | select-one | submit | text | textarea.

Default

Depends on value of multiple.