text box html form 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>