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Hidden fields

Hidden fields are not displayed by browsers, nor do they allow the user to enter data. They are specified by an INPUT element where TYPE="hidden".

    <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="state" VALUE="state-info">

They are useful in dynamically generated documents to carry state information, since the value associated with the field will be passed to the server when the form is submitted. These fields are correctly named hidden rather than secret, as the user can view the value of the field by looking at the HTML source of the document.

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