Forms, Element - Password

Use

Password boxes are just like text boxes, but any characters the user inputs are represented as asterisks. They are used for the entry of confidential information such as credit card numbers, wages or passwords.

Properties

ATTRIBUTE

REQUIRED?

DESCRIPTION

NAME=" "

Required

The name of the password box.

SIZE=" "

Optional

Specifies the size of form element in characters.

MAXLENGTH=" "

Optional

Specifies the maximum amount of characters a visitor can enter into the password box.

VALUE=" "

Optional

Specify a default password (for example, Visitor).

Example

Please enter your password below:<br>

<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password_box" SIZE=8 MAXLENGTH="8">

 

NOTE

For this example to work it must be inside form tags (<FORM &ldots;> &ldots; </FORM>). The entire form code, including all the examples, is ready for you to use.


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