HTML input elements are used to capture various types of data. The checkbox element provides a box users can click to select and click again to deselect, toggling between checked and unchecked.

Additional New HTML5 Attributes Additional input element attributes to consider are shown in Table 1, although these don't generally have a user visible aspect associated with them.

HTML Inputs HTML forms use input elements. There are various different types of input element, including buttons, check-boxes, text-fields and more.

HTML5 forms: Input element type In the old days, there were only a few types of input widgets in the forms: radio buttons, check boxes, and catchall boxes that accepted text.