diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5318cf3b..202d931f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ local/*
 .idea/*
 include/tfpdf/font/unifont/*
 html/ads.html
+/nbproject/private/
diff --git a/include/lib/html_input.class.php b/include/lib/html_input.class.php
index 03c4f3aee..50f357700 100755
--- a/include/lib/html_input.class.php
+++ b/include/lib/html_input.class.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class HtmlInput
     var $id;
     var $style;
     var $css_size;
+    var $placeholder; /*< $placeholder string in the INPUT Text */
 
     function __construct($p_name="", $p_value="", $p_id="")
     {
@@ -100,9 +101,26 @@ class HtmlInput
     {
         $this->readOnly=$p_read;
     }
+    /**
+     * @return string HTML placeholder attribut
+     */
+    public function get_placeholder()
+    {
+        return $this->placeholder;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief set HTML placeholder attribut
+     * @param string $placeholder
+     */
+    public function set_placeholder($placeholder)
+    {
+        $this->placeholder = $placeholder;
+        return $this;
+    }
 
     /*!
-     * \brief set the extra javascript property for the INPUT field
+     * \brief add an HTML attribute for the INPUT field
      * \param $p_name name of the parameter
      * \param $p_value default value of this parameter
      */
diff --git a/include/lib/idate.class.php b/include/lib/idate.class.php
index 1a131b16f..407513066 100644
--- a/include/lib/idate.class.php
+++ b/include/lib/idate.class.php
@@ -46,25 +46,9 @@ class IDate extends HtmlInput
         $this->extra="";
         $this->style=' class="input_text" ';
         $this->autofocus=false;
+        $this->javascript='onchange="format_date(this)"';
     }
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_placeholder()
-    {
-        return $this->placeholder;
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $placeholder
-     */
-    public function set_placeholder($placeholder)
-    {
-        $this->placeholder = $placeholder;
-        return $this;
-    }
-
+  
     /**
      * @return string
      */
@@ -131,7 +115,8 @@ class IDate extends HtmlInput
             return $this->display();
         if ($this->id=="")             $this->id=self::generate_id($this->name);
         $autofocus=($this->autofocus)?" autofocus ":"";
-        $onchange='onchange="format_date(this)"';
+        $strAttribute=$this->get_node_attribute();
+        
         $r=sprintf('
             <input type="text" name="%s" id="%s" 
                  class="input_text" 
@@ -141,6 +126,7 @@ class IDate extends HtmlInput
                  title="%s"
                  pattern="[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{4}"
                  %s
+                 %s
                 />
                 <span  class="smallbutton icon"
                 style="color:cornflowerblue"
@@ -149,7 +135,8 @@ class IDate extends HtmlInput
                 &#xe811;
                 </span>
                 ',$this->name,$this->id,$this->value,$this->placeholder,$this->title,
-                $onchange,
+                $this->javascript,
+                $strAttribute,
                 $this->id
                 );
         // @see calendar-setup.js
diff --git a/include/lib/ihidden.class.php b/include/lib/ihidden.class.php
index ae2f07271..c2d474e62 100644
--- a/include/lib/ihidden.class.php
+++ b/include/lib/ihidden.class.php
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ class IHidden extends HtmlInput
         $this->name=($p_name==null)?$this->name:$p_name;
         $this->value=($p_value==null)?$this->value:$p_value;
         $this->id=($this->id=="")?$this->name:$this->id;
-
-        $r='<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" id="'.$this->id.'" name="'.$this->name.'" value="'.$this->value.'">';
+       $strAttribute=$this->get_node_attribute();
+        
+        $r='<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" id="'.$this->id.'" name="'.$this->name.'" value="'.$this->value.'" '.$strAttribute.' >';
         return $r;
 
     }
diff --git a/include/lib/itext.class.php b/include/lib/itext.class.php
index 1168cb16c..8118710c7 100644
--- a/include/lib/itext.class.php
+++ b/include/lib/itext.class.php
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
  */
 class IText extends HtmlInput
 {
-    var $placeholder; 
     var $title;
     var $autofocus;
     var $css_size;
-
+    var $pattern; /*!< $pattern HTML pattern */
+    var $maxlength; /*!< HTML maxlength */
     function __construct($name='',$value='',$p_id="")
     {
         parent::__construct($name,$value,$p_id);
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         $this->autofocus=false;
         $this->require=false;
         $this->css_size="";
+        $this->pattern="";
+        $this->maxlength="";
     }
     /*!\brief show the html  input of the widget*/
     public function input($p_name=null,$p_value=null)
@@ -60,11 +62,24 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         $t= 'title="'.$this->title.'" ';
         $autofocus=($this->autofocus)?" autofocus ":"";
         $require=($this->require)?"required":"";
+        
+        // var $pattern regex to match the INPUT TEXT
+        $pattern="";
+        if ($this->pattern != "") {
+            $pattern= sprintf( 'pattern="%s"',$this->pattern);
+        }
+        
+        // var maxlength HTML attribute 
+        $maxlength = "";
+        if ($this->maxlength !="" ) {
+            $maxlength=sprintf(' maxlength="%s" ',$this->maxlength);
+        }
+        
         if ( ! isset ($this->css_size) || empty ($this->css_size))
         {
             
             $r=  sprintf('<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" %s id="%s" name="%s" value="%s" placeholder="%s" title="%s"
-                     Size="%s"  %s %s  %s %s %s>
+                     Size="%s"  %s %s  %s %s %s %s %s >
                     ',$this->style,
                     $this->id,
                     $this->name,
@@ -76,11 +91,13 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
                     $this->extra,
                     $autofocus,
                     $require,
-                $strAttribute
+                    $strAttribute,
+                    $pattern,
+                    $maxlength
                     );
         } else {
             $r=  sprintf('<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" %s id="%s" name="%s" value="%s" placeholder="%s" title="%s"
-                     style="width:%s;"  %s %s  %s %s %s>
+                     style="width:%s;"  %s %s  %s %s %s %s %s>
                     ',$this->style,
                     $this->id,
                     $this->name,
@@ -92,7 +109,9 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
                     $this->extra,
                     $autofocus,
                     $require,
-                    $strAttribute
+                    $strAttribute,
+                    $pattern,
+                    $maxlength
                     );
         }
 
@@ -108,6 +127,7 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         $t= ((isset($this->title)))?'title="'.$this->title.'"   ':' ';
 
         $extra=(isset($this->extra))?$this->extra:"";
+        $strAttribute=$this->get_node_attribute();
 
         $readonly=" readonly ";
         $this->value=htmlentities($this->value??"", ENT_COMPAT|ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
@@ -117,12 +137,12 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         $r='<INPUT '.$this->style.' TYPE="TEXT" id="'.
            $this->id.'"'.$t.
            'NAME="'.$this->name.'" VALUE="'.$this->value.'"  '.
-           'SIZE="'.$this->size.'" '.$this->javascript." $readonly $this->extra >";
+           'SIZE="'.$this->size.'" '.$this->javascript." $readonly $this->extra  $strAttribute>";
         } else {
                $r='<INPUT '.$this->style.' TYPE="TEXT" id="'.
            $this->id.'"'.$t.
            'NAME="'.$this->name.'" VALUE="'.$this->value.'"  '.
-           ' style="width:'.$this->css_size.'" '.$this->javascript." $readonly  $this->extra >";
+           ' style="width:'.$this->css_size.'" '.$this->javascript." $readonly  $this->extra $strAttribute>";
         }
 
         /* add tag for column if inside a table */
diff --git a/scenario/HtmlInput.test.php b/scenario/HtmlInput.test.php
index 0a0c1e02f..80a313f00 100644
--- a/scenario/HtmlInput.test.php
+++ b/scenario/HtmlInput.test.php
@@ -175,7 +175,92 @@ $http=new HttpInput();
     echo $icard->input();
     echo $icard->search();
 ?>
-    
 <div id="debug_box"></div>
+<h2>itext </h2>
+<h3>HTML Attribute</h3>
+<pre>
+    $itext=new IText("itext_name");
+    $itext->set_attribute("key1",1);
+    $itext->set_attribute("data1","-data-");
+    $itext->set_attribute("logx","data:logx");
+    echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+</pre>
+<?php
+    $itext=new IText("itext_name");
+   $itext->style=' class="input_text" ';
+    $itext->set_attribute("key1",1);
+    $itext->set_attribute("data1","-data-");
+    $itext->set_attribute("logx","data:logx");
+    echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+?>
+<pre>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->input());?>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->display());?>
+</pre>
+<h3>Maxlenght = 15</h3>
+<?php
+    $itext->maxlength=15;
+    $itext->style=' class="input_text" ';
 
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+     echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+    ?>
+<pre>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->input());?>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->display());?>
+</pre>
+<h3>placeholder</h3>
+<?php
+     $itext->style=' class="input_text" ';
+    $itext->placeholder="Donnez une information";
+     echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+    ?>
+<pre>
+    $itext->placeholder="Donnez une information";
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->input());?>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->display());?>
+</pre>
+<h3>require</h3>
+<?php
+     $itext->style=' class="input_text" ';
+     $itext->require=true;
+     echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+    ?>
+<pre>
+ $itext->require=true;
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->input());?>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->display());?>
+</pre>
+
+<h3>pattern : uniquement des chiffres</h3>
+<form onsubmit="return false;">
+    
+<?php
+    $itext->style=' class="input_text" ';
+    $itext->pattern="[0-9]+";
+    $itext->maxlength="4";
+    $itext->placeholder="9999";
+    $itext->title="code";
+     echo $itext->input();
+     echo $itext->display();
+     echo HtmlInput::submit("valider","valider");
+     ?>
+<pre>
+    $itext->pattern="[0-9]+";
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->input());?>
+    <?= htmlspecialchars($itext->display());?>
+</pre>
+</form>
+<h2> IDATE</h2>
+<?php
+    $date=new IDate('date_1',date("d.m.Y"));
+    echo $date->input();
+    echo htmlspecialchars($date->input());
+    $date->id= uniqid();
+    $date->javascript=sprintf('onchange = "console.debug(\'change date\');%s"',"format_date(this);");
+    echo $date->input();
+    ?>