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</BODY>
</HTML>
Password input control
This control is same as the text input control, but it masks the characters as soon as the user enters them. The characters
entered/typed appear as * instead of normal text.
Syntax of password input control:
<INPUT TYPE = "Password" NAME = "The word that describes the textbox" SIZE =
"The width you want to use for the text box" MAXLENGTH = "Maximum number of
characters">
Multi-line text input control
This control allows us to enter multiple lines. The <TEXTAREA> tag contains the ROWS and COLS attributes, where
ROWS indicates the number of rows the text area should accommodate and COLS indicates the width area.
Syntax of multi-line text input control:
<TEXTAREA NAME = "The word that describes the text area" ROWS = "Number of rows
the text box should accommodate" COLS = "Width of the text area"></TEXTAREA>
Checkbox Input Control
This control is used when multiple options from a group are required to be selected by the site-visitor.
When selected, the checkbox is marked with a tick mark. While defining checkboxes, we need to specify the following:
ÐThe group name should be specified for all the checkboxes by using the NAME attribute.
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Ð ÐEach checkbox should be specified with a word describing the purpose of the checkbox which is done with the help
of the VALUE attribute.
Ð ÐThe text that needs to be displayed beside the checkbox should be specified.
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "A Word describing the group name" VALUE = "A
word that describes the checkbox">
Radio Input Control
This control is used when one out of the multiple options from a group is required to be selected by the site visitor.
Only the selected radio button in a group is filled. While defining checkboxes, we need to specify the following:
Ð ÐThe group name should be specified for all the radio buttons by using the NAME attribute.
Ð ÐEach radio button should be specified with a word describing the purpose of the radio button which is done with
the help of the VALUE attribute.
Ð ÐThe text that is needed to be displayed beside the radio button should be specified.
Syntax of radio input control:
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" NAME = "A Word describing the group name" VALUE = "A word
that describes the radio button">
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