Name

<input type=hidden> — NN: 2, 3, 4 &bull; MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 &bull; HTML 4 &bull; WebTV &bull; Opera3

Synopsis

<input type=hidden>

Within a <form>, creates an element that does not display in the browser. Hidden controls can be used to pass special form-processing information along to the server that the user cannot see or alter.

Attributes

name=text

Specifies the name of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application for this input element (required).

value=text

Specifies the value of the element that is passed to the form-processing application.

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