hidden The hidden object reflects the funcitonality of an Html INPUT form control whose TYPE has been set to 'hidden'. Users do not interact directly with this object, since it is used instead for loading a value to the server which can be used as an identifier of a sort, the data being unique to that page. It should be noted that the values assigned to the hidden object via scripted actions are reset if the user reloads the page or if the script reloads the page. Note the absence of collections and event handlers for this object. DOM Reference Internet Explorer window.document.formName.elementName window.document.forms[n].elements[n] window.document.all.elementID Netscape Navigator window.document.formName.elementName window.document.forms[n].elements[n] The properties of the hidden object are: className dataFld dataSrc disabled document form id isTextEdit language name parentElement parentTextEdit sourceIndex style tagName title type value The Methods of the hidden object are: contains() getAttribute() removeAttribute() setAttribute()