HTML value attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:12 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

value

The purpose of the HTML value attribute is to specify the current value for an input type. For those elements that can display their values (such as text fields), they will display this value onscreen. Otherwise, the values are all available as form values when submitted.

Supported elements

HTML value attribute supports button, input, option, param elements.

Syntax

<ElementName value="value" >.....</ElementName>

Where ElementName is any supported element.

Type of value

Character Data.

Default value

There is no default value of HTML value attribute.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML value attribute

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML value attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="user_info" action="action_get.php" method="get"> 
Name : <input type="text" name="name"><br>
email  : <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<label>Select your favorite sports</label> 
<select size="2">
<option value="Soccer">Soccer</option>
<option value="Hockey">Hockey</option>
<option value="Tennis">Tennis</option>
<option value="Golf">Golf</option>
</select><br>
<label>Why do you like this sport? </label> <br>
<textarea name="description" rows="10" cols="5"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit"  value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML value attribute

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