New HTML5 input type values

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The “input” element has an “type” attribute that can accept various values.  For example, in HTML4 you have …

<input type=”text”>

for a textbox.  “text” is the value of the “type” attribute.

In HTML5, you have additional new values for the “type” attribute that was not in HTML4 previous.  They are …

type=”color”

type=”datetime”
type=”datetime-local”
type=”date”
type=”time”
type=”month”
type=”week”

type=”range”

type=”search”

type=”number”

type=”url”

See also new HTML5 input attributes and new HTML5 tags and discontinued HTML5 elements.

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