Name

defaultValue — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

Read-only

The default text for the text input element, as established by the VALUE attribute.

Example

var txtObj = document.forms[0].myText
if (txtObj.value != txtObj.defaultValue ) {
    ...
}

Value

Any string value.

Default

None.

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