Use of Text Field, Text box, Text Area, Checkbox,Dropdownlist and Radio Button in HTML

By using form in HTML, users are allowed to enter or select different types of information. A form contains form elements checkbox, text field, radio button etc.) through which users can input their data. A form is created using <form> tags. The most common form tag is <input> tag. Input tag contains type attribute which specifies different types of inputs.

 

<form> <input> <input> </form>

Text Fields:

Text fields are used to allow user to input different types of texts,i.e., letters, numbers etc.

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Checkbox:

Checkboxes are used to allow the user to select one or more options of a limited number of choices.

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Radio button:

Radiobutton is used to allow the user to select one option out of a number of choices.

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Dropdown Box:

A dropdown box is type of list from where an user can select one option out of many given choices.

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Text Area:

A text area is an area where an user can write as many texts as he wishes.

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The Action attribute and the Submit button:

The Action attribute of form contains the name of a file where the contents of the form has to be sent when an user clicks on a submit button.

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