How to create a text input field in HTML?

Updated On: 2024-06-02

Basic example

  <form>
  <div>
    <label for="uname">Choose a username: </label>
    <input type="text" id="uname" name="name" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

Setting placeholder

  <form>
  <div>
    <label for="uname">Choose a username: </label>
    <input
      type="text"
      id="uname"
      name="name"
      placeholder="Lower case, all one word" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

Physical input element size

  <form>
  <div>
    <label for="uname">Choose a username: </label>
    <input
      type="text"
      id="uname"
      name="name"
      placeholder="Lower case, all one word"
      size="30" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

Making input required

 
 <form>
  <div>
    <label for="uname">Choose a username: </label>
    <input type="text" id="uname" name="name" required />
    <span class="validity"></span>
  </div>
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

Input value length

  <form>
  <div>
    <label for="uname">Choose a username: </label>
    <input
      type="text"
      id="uname"
      name="name"
      required
      size="10"
      placeholder="Username"
      minlength="4"
      maxlength="8" />
    <span class="validity"></span>
  </div>
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

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How To

How to create a text input field in HTML?

Basic example

Setting placeholder

Physical input element size

Making input required

Input value length

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