In this tutorial, you will learn about the input tag of Spring form tag library.

The input tag

In this tutorial, you will learn about the input tag of Spring form tag library.

The input in Spring is used to define an input field where user can enter data. The input tag of Spring form tag library renders an input field and default type is set as type="text". Post Spring 3.1, you can use other types such as HTML5-specific types like 'email', 'tel', 'date', etc.

You can define Spring tag library input tag as follows :

<form:input path="name" />

The complete form with <form:input> tags is given below :

<form:form>
<table>
<tr>
<td>First Name:</td>
<td><form:input path="firstName" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name:</td>
<td><form:input path="lastName" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="submit" value="Save Changes" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form:form>

 

Related Tags for The input tag:

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