HTML5 : A Quick Look At 5 Exciting Features
HTML5 is the latest version of HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language – A web page development language). Although HTML5 has been finalized in October, 2014, we are using it five years prior to its finalization. In this article I will be covering five cool features of HTML5. Features like Input Element Type, Multimedia support, Auto-focus and Placeholder attributes, Editable content and required field. So what are we waiting for? Let’s start.
Feature #1 New HTML5 Input Element Type
Input element types plays a vital role in data driven website. Besides regular input types like text box, text area, check-box, radio button, HTML5 adds a new feature email id input type in HTML5. Let’s see how it is implemented. Here you just have to set the type attribute with email. Sample syntax is here:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action=”#”>
<strong>First your Email id:</strong>
<input type=”email” name=”firstname”>
<input type=”submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Output
See in the above example you have to enter value in email id format otherwise it gives error.
Feature #2 Multimedia Support In HTML5
A great other feature is that HTML5 supports both video and audio files both. A sample syntax is given as under:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<audio src=”Your audio path goes here” controls>
Text to be displayed when the browser doesn’t support the video goes here.
</audio>
<video src=”your video path goes here” controls?
Text to be displayed when the browser doesn’t support the video goes here.
</video>
</body>
</html>
Output
See in the above output one side audio and other side video file is playing.
Feature #3 AutoFocus & Placeholder Attributes
When Auto-focus attribute is added then that particular attribute has been automatically given focus and when placeholder is given then your that particular input will be shown as a watermark like text. See the following syntax:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<strong> Enter you name here</strong>
<input type=”text” width=”104″ height=”142″ placeholder=”Enter your name here…” autofocus></input>
</body>
</body>
</html>
Output
See in the above output text box is focused automatically without pointing to it with a placeholder text in it.
Feature #4 Editable Content
This is a new feature in HTML5 that content itself can be editable. Look at the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p contenteditable=”true”>You can edit this content</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Mark that in the content we have only written “You can edit this content??? and in this content we edited after we run the example.
Feature #5 Required field in HTML5
This is a brand new feature in HTML5. Now you can set your field as a required field. See the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action=”#”>
First name:
<input type=”text” name=”firstname” required>
<input type=”submit” value=”Submit”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Output:
See in the above output I hit submit button without entering anything in the text box and it gives me error. This HTML5 auto generated error message.
I hope that you will have found this article useful and exciting. Let me know in comments if you have any questions regarding HTML5.
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