Specifies the type of input control.
Browser/User Agent Support
| IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | 4.0+ | 1.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Values
| button | Generic button. |
| checkbox | Checkbox control. Allows user to select multiple choices. |
| file | Allows user to browse to and upload a file. |
| hidden | Form control that is not visible to the user. Used to store state information. |
| image | Image form control. May be used like a button. |
| password | Password input field. Hides keystrokes with *'s. |
| radio | Radio control button. Allows user to select a single option. |
| reset | Reset button. |
| submit | Submit button. |
| text | Single line text field. |
Availability
W3C HTML 4.01