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XHTML 1.0 Tutorials - Understanding Forms and Input Fields Home >> FAQs/Tutorials >> XHTML Tutorials and Tips >> Index XHTML 1.0 Tutorials - Understanding Forms and Input Fields By: FYICenter.com Part: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Continued from previous part...) How To Use "text" Input Fields? A "text" input field is defined as <input type="text" .../>. A "test" input field can be used to create input field to allow viewers to enter text strings or numbers. There are other attributes you may need to use for a "text" input field: name="fieldName" - Specifies the name of this field. value="defaultValue" - Specifies a default value for this field. size="number" - Specifies the size of the input box in number of characters. maxlength="number" - Specifies the maximum length of the input data. Here is a tutorial example with two text input fields: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Text Input Fields</title> </head> <body> <h4>Online Survey</h4> <form action="/survey.php"> <p style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 8px;"> Your name: <input type="text" name="name" value="Joe Miller"/><br/> Your email: <input type="text" name="email" value="joe@miller.com" size="32" maxlength="60"/><br/> <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> </p> </form> </body> </html> If you save the above document as text_input.html, and view it with Internet Explorer, you will see a form with two text input fields of different sizes as shown below: (Continued on next part...) Part: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Selected Developer Jobs: More...