HTML5 input type

HTML5 the difference between the Input type HTML 4.01 and HTML 5

The following types are the new types in HTML5: color, date, datetime, datetime-local, month, week, time, email, number, range, search, tel, and URL.

Browser support

Input Type	IE	Firefox	Opera	Chrome	Safari
Email	No	4.0	9.0	10.0	No
Url	No	4.0	9.0	10.0	No
Number	No	No	9.0	7.0	No
Range	No	No	9.0	4.0	4.0
Date pickers	No	No	9.0	10.0	No
Search	No	4.0	11.0	10.0	No
Color	No	No	11.0	No	No

Note: Opera has the best support for the new input type. However, you can already use them in all major browsers. Even if it is not supported, it can still be displayed as a regular text field.

value	Description
button	Define clickable buttons (mostly used with JavaScript to launch scripts)
CheckBox	Define the check box.
Color	Defines the color picker.
Date	Define date fields (with Calendar control)
Datetime	Define date fields (with calendar and Time controls)
Datetime-local	Define date fields (with calendar and Time controls)
Month	month (with Calendar control) that defines a date field
Week	Define Week for Date field (with Calendar control)
Time	Defines the time, minute, and second of a date field (with the duration control)
Email	Define text fields for e-mail addresses
File	Define input fields and "Browse ..." button for file upload
Hidden	Define hidden input fields
Image	Define an image as a submit button
Number	To define a numeric field with a spinner control
Password	Defines the password field. The characters in the field are obscured.
Radio	Defines a radio button.
Range	Defines a numeric field with a slider control.
Reset	Defines the reset button. The reset button resets all form fields to their original values.
Search	Defines the text field to use for the search.
Submit	Define the Submit button. The submit button sends data to the server.
Tel	Defines a text field for a phone number.
Text	Default. Defines a single-line input field in which users can enter text. The default is 20 characters.
Url	Defines a text field for the URL.

HTML5 input type