<output>

The HTML <output> element represents the result of a calculation or user action.

Content categories	Flow content, phrasing content, listed, labelable, resettable form-associated element, palpable content.
Permitted content	Phrasing content.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Permitted ARIA roles	Any
DOM interface	HTMLOutputElement

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

for

A list of IDs of other elements, indicating that those elements contributed input values to (or otherwise affected) the calculation.

form

The form element that this element is associated with (its "form owner"). The value of the attribute must be an ID of a form element in the same document. If this attribute is not specified, the output element must be a descendant of a form element. This attribute enables you to place output elements anywhere within a document, not just as descendants of their form elements.

name

The name of the element.

Example

<form oninput="result.value=parseInt(a.value)+parseInt(b.value)">
    <input type="range" name="b" value="50" /> +
    <input type="number" name="a" value="10" /> =
    <output name="result">60</output>
</form>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<output>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<output>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

See also

• Other form-related elements: <form>, <input>, <button>, <datalist>, <legend>, <label>, <select>, <optgroup>, <option>, <textarea>, <keygen>, <fieldset>, <progress> and <meter>.