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Text type Property
Text Object
Definition and Usage
The type property returns which type of form element a text field is.
For a text field, this property will always return "text".
Syntax
textObject.type
Browser Support
The type property is supported in all major browsers.
Example
Example
Display which type of form element the text field is:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult()
{
var x=document.getElementById("email").type;
alert(x);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Email: <input type="text" id="email">
</form>
<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Display input type</button>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult()
{
var x=document.getElementById("email").type;
alert(x);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Email: <input type="text" id="email">
</form>
<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Display input type</button>
</body>
</html>
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