<input type=”text”>—Creating Text Fields

You use the <input type = "text"> element to create text fields. This element is an empty element and is supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Frameset, and XHTML 1.1. Here are its attributes:

  • accesskey— Assigns a keyboard access key to the button. (XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional.)

  • class— Gives the style class of the element. (XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Frameset, XHTML 1.1.)

  • dir— Sets the direction of text that doesn't have an inherent direction in which you should read it, called directionally neutral text. You can set this attribute to ltr, for left-to-right text, or rtl, for right-to-left text. (XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML ...

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