simple text box html code example

Example 1: html text box

<!-- A <textarea> tag (better for multi-line text)-->
<textarea cols="4" rows="5">
Some text inside the text box.  
See https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_textarea.asp
</textarea>

<!-- An <input> type text tag (better for single-line text) -->
<input type="text" value="Some text inside the text box">
<!-- See https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_type_text.asp -->

<!-- Using contenteditable (not recommended) -->
<p contenteditable="true">Some text inside the text box</p>
<!-- See https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_global_contenteditable.asp -->

Example 2: html input types

<form>
  <input type="button">
  <input type="checkbox">
  <input type="color">
  <input type="date">
  <input type="datetime-local">
  <input type="email">
  <input type="file">
  <input type="hidden">
  <input type="image">
  <input type="month">
  <input type="number">
  <input type="password">
  <input type="radio">
  <input type="range">
  <input type="reset">
  <input type="search">
  <input type="submit">
  <input type="tel">
  <input type="text">
  <input type="time">
  <input type="url">
  <input type="week">
</form>

Example 3: how to get the input of a textbox in html

//HTML Textbox w/Getting Javascript Input:
<script>
  function getTextBox(){
    var k = document.getElemntById('myTextBox').value
    alert(k)
  }
</script>
<input type="text" id="myTextBox">
<button onclick="getTextBox()">Get Text Input</button>

Example 4: html form

<form action="/action.php">
  <label for="fname">First name:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="fname" value="Mike"><br><br>
  <label for="lname">Last name:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="lname" value="Walker"><br><br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Html By Duco Defiant Dogfish on Feb 11 2020
<form action="/action_page.php">
  First name:<br>
  <input type="text" name="firstname" value="Mickey"><br>
  
  Last name:<br>
  <input type="text" name="lastname" value="Mouse"><br><br>
  
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>