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Input field

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCore term

In software engineering, input field means: A box or control in a form where a user types or selects a value, such as a name, an email address, a password or a date.

In Turkish: giriş alanı, metin kutusu, input

How it is used

Created mostly with the input element and its type attribute (text, email, password, checkbox, date). Developers often just say 'input' or 'field', and talk about placeholders, labels and required fields.

Example sentences

  1. The phone input field should only accept numbers.

  2. Every input field needs a visible label, not just placeholder text.

Common collocations

  • text input field
  • required field
  • input type
  • placeholder text
  • field label
  • formA part of a page where users enter information, such as a login, search or contact form, which is then sent to a server.
  • attributeExtra information written inside an opening HTML tag as a name and a value, such as href in a link or alt in an image.
  • accessibilityThe practice of making websites usable by everyone, including people who are blind or deaf, have limited movement or use assistive technology.
  • eventSomething that happens in the browser and that code can react to, such as a click, a key press, a form submission or the page finishing loading.

This word in other fields

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