Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

VALUE — NN all IE all HTML all

Synopsis

VALUE=”text"

Optional/Required

Preassigns a value to an INPUT element that is submitted to the server as part of the name/value pair for the element. Some INPUT element types are not submitted (an unchecked radio button, for example), but any value you associate with all but the button or reset type INPUT element reaches the server when the element is submitted.

In the case of text and password INPUT elements, the VALUE attribute contains a default entry. As the user makes a change to the content of the text field, the value changes, although the source code does not. When a form is reset (via a reset INPUT element), the default values are put back into the text fields.

The VALUE attribute is required only for checkbox and radio INPUT elements. For INPUT elements that are rendered as standard clickable buttons, the VALUE attribute defines the label that appears on the button.

Input Types

All.

Example

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="connections" VALUE="ISDN">ISDN

Value

Any text string.

Default

None.

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document.formName.inputName.value

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].value

IE

[window.]document.formName.inputName.value

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].value

[window.]document.all.elementID.value