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title: Input Type Attribute
---
## Input Type Attribute

The input type attribute specifies the type of the input the user should put in your form.

### text
One line of a text.
```html
    <form>
      <label for="login">Login:</label>
      <input type="text" name="login">
    </form>
```

### password
One line of a text. Text is automatically displayed as a series of dots or asterisks (depends on the browser and OS).
```html
    <form>
      <label for="password">Password:</label>
      <input type="password" name="password">
    </form>
```

### email
The HTML checks if the input matches the e-mail address format (something@something).
```html
    <form>
      <label for="email">E-mail address:</label>
      <input type="email" name="email">
    </form>
```

### number
Allow only numeric input. You can also specify the min and max value allowed. The example below check that the input is number between 1 and 120.
```html
    <form>
      <label for="age">Age:</label>
      <input type="number" name="age" min="1" max="120">
    </form>
```

### radio
Only one option can be selected by the user. The group of radio buttons needs to have the same name attribute. You can select automatically one option by using `checked` property (in the example below the value Blue is selected).
```html
    <form>
      <label><input type="radio" name="color" value="red">Red</label>
      <label><input type="radio" name="color" value="green">Green</label>
      <label><input type="radio" name="color" value="blue" checked>Blue</label>
    </form>
```
### checkbox
A user can select zero or more options from the group of checkboxes. You can use `checked` property here too for one or more options.
```html
    <form>
      <label><input type="checkbox" name="lang" value="english">English</label>
      <label><input type="checkbox" name="lang" value="spanish">Spanish</label>
      <label><input type="checkbox" name="lang" value="french">French</label>
    </form>
```
### button
The input is displayed as a button, the text which should be displayed in the button is in the value attribute.
```html
    <form>
      <input type="button" value="click here">
    </form>
```
### submit
Displays the submit button. The text which should be displayed in the button is in value attribute. After clicking on the button, the HTML does the validation and if it passes, the form is submitted.

```html
    <form>
      <input type="submit" value="SUBMIT">
    </form>
```

### reset
Displays the reset button. The text which should be displayed in the button is in the value attribute. After clicking on the button, all values from the form are deleted.
```html
    <form>
      <input type="reset" value="CANCEL">
    </form>
```

There are more types of elements. For more information visit [MSDN]("https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input") or [w3schools]("https://www.w3schools.com/Html/html_form_input_types.asp").