INPUT type=hidden Element | input type=hidden Object

Transmits state information about client/server interaction.

Members Table

Attribute	Property	Description
ATOMICSELECTION		Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
BEGIN	BEGIN	Sets or retrieves the delay time before the timeline begins playing on the element.
	canHaveHTML	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
CLASS	className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
DATAFLD	dataFld	Sets or retrieves which field of a given data source, as specified by the dataSrc property, to bind to the specified object.
DATASRC	dataSrc	Sets or retrieves the source of the data for data binding.
	defaultValue	Sets or retrieves the initial contents of the object.
END	END	Sets or retrieves a value indicating the end time for the element, or the end of the simple duration when the element is set to repeat.
	form	Retrieves a reference to the form that the object is embedded in.
	hasMedia	Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element is an Introduction to HTML+TIME media element.
HIDEFOCUS	hideFocus	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object visibly indicates that it has focus.
ID	id	Retrieves the string identifying the object.
	isContentEditable	Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
	isDisabled	Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can interact with the object.
	isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
	isTextEdit	Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object.
LANG	lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
LANGUAGE	language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.
NAME	name	Sets or retrieves the name of the object.
	nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
	nodeName	Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
	nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
	nodeValue	Sets or retrieves the value of a node.
	offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
	outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
	outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
	parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
	parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
	parentTextEdit	Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.
	previousSibling	Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
	readyState	Retrieves a value that indicates the current state of the object.
	recordNumber	Retrieves the ordinal record from the data set that generated the object.
	scopeName	Retrieves the namespace defined for the element.
	sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
STYLE		Sets an inline style for the element.
SYNCMASTER	SYNCMASTER	Sets or retrieves whether the time container must synchronize playback to this element.
systemBitrate		Retrieves the approximate bandwidth available to the system in bits-per-second.
systemCaptions		Indicates whether or not to display a text equivalent of the audio portion of the presentation.
systemLanguage		Indicates whether a given language is selected in a user's system preferences.
systemOverdubOrSubtitle		Specifies whether overdubs or subtitles render during a presentation.
	tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
TIMECONTAINER	TIMECONTAINER	Sets or retrieves the type of timeline associated with an element.
TYPE	type	Retrieves or initially sets the type of input control represented by the object.
	uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
UNSELECTABLE		Specifies that an element cannot be selected.
VALUE	value	Sets or retrieves the default or selected value of the control.

Behavior	Description
clientCaps	Provides information about features supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand.
download	Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete.
homePage	Contains information about a user's homepage.
httpFolder	Contains scripting features that enable browser navigation to a folder view.
saveFavorite	Enables the object to persist data in a favorite Web site.
saveHistory	Enables the object to persist data in the browser history.
saveSnapshot	Enables the object to persist data when a Web page is saved.
time	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element.
time2	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element or group of elements.
userData	Enables the object to persist data in user data.

Collection	Description
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.

Event	Description
onactivate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
onafterupdate	Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onbeforeeditfocus	Fires before an object contained in an editable element enters a UI-activated state or when an editable container object is control selected.
onbeforeupdate	Fires on a databound object before updating the associated data in the data source object.
oncontrolselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
ondeactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onerrorupdate	Fires on a databound object when an error occurs while updating the associated data in the data source object.
onfocus	Fires when the object receives focus.
onlosecapture	Fires when the object loses the mouse capture.
onmove	Fires when the object moves.
onmoveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
onmovestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
onpropertychange	Fires when a property changes on the object.
onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
onresizeend	Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onresizestart	Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
ontimeerror	Fires whenever a time-specific error occurs, usually as a result of setting a property to an invalid value.

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
attachEvent	Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
createTextRange	Creates a TextRange object for the element.
detachEvent	Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object�referenced by the attribute.name�property.
getExpression	Retrieves the expression for the given property.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
normalize	Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
releaseCapture	Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document.
removeAttribute	Removes the given attribute from the object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object�from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeExpression	Removes the expression from the specified property.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object�node as part of the object.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object belonging to the current document.
setExpression	Sets an expression for the specified object.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Object	Description
runtimeStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object that overrides the format and style specified in global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.
style	Represents the current settings of all possible inline styles for a given element.

Style attribute	Style property	Description
behavior	behavior	Sets or retrieves the location of the Introduction to DHTML Behaviors.
	hasLayout	Retrieves a value that indicates whether the object has layout.
layout-flow	layoutFlow	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
text-autospace	textAutospace	Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.
word-wrap	wordWrap	Sets or retrieves whether to break words when the content exceeds the boundaries of its container.
zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

This input type presents no control to the user, but sends the value of the value property with the submitted form.

The INPUT type=hidden element is available in HTML and script as of Internet Explorer 3.0.

This element is not rendered.

This element does not require a closing tag.

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 3.2 .

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INPUT type=hidden Element | input type=hidden Object