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06.15.2008 at 08:25AM PDT, ID: 23486260
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Reasons to use hidden input types in web forms

Asked by max7 in Extensible HTML (XHTML), Miscellaneous Web Development

Tags: XHTML, web forms,

I know this question is beyond basic but for some reason, I'm just not comprehending when I should or would want to use this type of input type in a web form/survey.  I've created a number of these now and have never used this input type but wonder what I'm missing out on.  To be clear here's an example of the input type:

<input type="hidden" value="us_only" name="site" id="search-site">

whomever responds, please give me some pratical examples of when, where and why I would use this input type.Start Free Trial
 
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