Input control

They are the HTML elements which take input from the user. They are enclosed in the <form> tag. For different types of input, different types of controls are used which include

Text inputs
Check boxes
Radio buttons
Select menus
File selects
Buttons (submit buttons, reset buttons, and push buttons)
Hidden controls

Many of these different controls are created with an input tag, but with different type attribute as per the control to be used as

<form>

</form>

“name “ attribute is used by all controls as it identifies each control for processing and data transfer like e-mail website (gmail, rediff) have “username” and “password” text fields to give data for validation. Value for attribute should be unique and is case-sensitive.

Every control has an initial value and a current value. An initial value is an optional value

given to a control when the form is coded and a current value is given by user which is to be processed with the form.

A sample form image with different control name is shown