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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Input.type — the type of a form element

Availability

JavaScript 1.1

Synopsis

                  input.type

Description

type is a read-only string property of all form elements that specifies the type of the form element. The value of this property for each possible form element is given in the following table.

Object type

HTML tag

type property

Button

<input type="button">

“button”

Checkbox

<input type="checkbox">

“checkbox”

FileUpload

<input type="file">

“file”

Hidden

<input type="hidden">

“hidden”

Password

<input type="password">

“password”

Radio

<input type="radio">

“radio”

Reset

<input type="reset">

“reset”

Select

<select>

“select-one”

Select

<select multiple>

“select-multiple”

Submit

<input type="submit">

“submit”

Text

<input type="text">

“text”

Textarea

<textarea>

“textarea”

Note that the Select element has two possible type values, depending on whether it allows single or multiple selection. Also note that unlike other input element properties, type is not available in JavaScript 1.0.

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