HTML value Attribute

Example

<form action="action3.html" method="get">
	Click the button.
	<button name="subject" type="submit" value="HTML">HTML</button>
	<button name="subject" type="submit" value="CSS">CSS</button>
	<button name="subject" type="submit" value="JavaScript">JavaScript</button>
</form>

Meaning

The value attribute defines the value for elements(initial value for some elements).

Standard Syntax

<element value="text">

Browser Support

Status

Applies to:

The value attribute can be used on the following element:

Element	Attribute
<button>	value
<data>	value
<input>	value
<li>	value
<meter>	value
<option>	value
<param>	value
<progress>	value

Attribute Values

Value	Description
text	Specifies the value of the button.

<data> Tag Example

<p>Product List</p>
<ul>
	<li><data value="001">Book</data></li>
	<li><data value="002">Pen</data></li>
	<li><data value="003">Pencil</data></li>
</ul>

<input> Tag Example

<form action="action.php">
	<label for="fname">First name:</label>
	<input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" value="John"><br><br>
	<label for="lname">Last name:</label>
	<input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" value="Doe"><br><br>
	<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<li> Tag Example

<ol>
	<li value="three">One</li>
	<li>Two</li>
	<li>Three</li>
</ol>

<meter> Tag Example

Example

<p><label for="a">A score:</label>
<meter id="a" min="0" low="40" high="90" max="100" value="60"></meter></p>

<p><label for="b">B score:</label>
<meter id="b" min="0" low="40" high="90" max="100" value="85"></meter></p>

<option> Tag Example

Example

<form action="action.php">
<label for="lang">Choose a language:</label>

<select id="lang" name="lang">
  <option value="HTML">HTML</option>
  <option value="CSS">CSS</option>
  <option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<param> Tag Example

Example

<object data="demo/video.mp4">
	<param name="videplay" value="true">
</object>

<progress> Tag Example

Example

<label for="loading">Loading progress:</label>
<progress id="loading" value="55" max="100"> 55% </progress>

❮ HTML Attributes