HTMLTextAreaElement : HTMLElement
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A textarea input element in an HTML form.

Platform Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
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Constructors

Constructor Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
HTMLTextAreaElement Constructor() : HTMLTextAreaElement
A textarea input element in an HTML form.
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HTMLTextAreaElement() : HTMLTextAreaElement

A textarea input element in an HTML form.

Returns
HTMLTextAreaElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
accessKey : String
Hot-key shortcut for the element.
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cols : Number
Number of characters wide the element is.
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defaultValue : String
Initial value for the element.
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disabled : Boolean
If true, indicates that the element is disabled.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/stylesheets.html

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form : HTMLFormElement
The form that contains this element.
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name : String
Name of the textarea element.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/attributes.html

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readOnly : Boolean
If true, indicates that the user cannot enter text into or change the element.
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rows : Number
Number of rows tall the element is.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/table_access.html

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tabIndex : Number
Position of the element in the tabbing order for the document.
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type : String
Type of input element. ("textarea" for this element.)
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value : String
Text currently in the textarea element.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/attributes.html

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Functions

Method Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
blur() : void
Removes focus from the element.
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Returns
void

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focus() : void
Places focus on the element.
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Returns
void

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select() : void
Selects the text content of the element.
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Returns
void

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References

HTMLFormElement|HTMLInputElement|Textarea

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