HTML <input> min Attribute
Example
Use of the min and max attributes:
<form action="/action_page.php">
<label for="datemax">Enter a date before 1980-01-01:</label>
<input type="date" id="datemax" name="datemax" max="1979-12-31"><br><br>
<label for="datemin">Enter a date after 2000-01-01:</label>
<input type="date" id="datemin" name="datemin" min="2000-01-02"><br><br>
<label for="quantity">Quantity (between 1 and 5):</label>
<input type="number" id="quantity" name="quantity" min="1" max="5"><br><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The min attribute specifies the minimum value for an
<input> element.
Tip: Use the min attribute together with the
max attribute to create a range of legal values.
Note: The max and min
attributes works with the following input types: number, range, date, datetime-local, month, time and week.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min | 5.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
Syntax
<input min="number|date">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| number | Specifies the minimum value allowed |
| date | Specifies the minimum date allowed |
❮ HTML <input> tag
