Name
HTMLTextAreaElement — a <textarea> element in an HTML form DOM Level 1 HTML
Availability
Inherits from/Overrides
Node → Element → HTMLElement → HTMLTextAreaElement
Properties
-
String accessKey
A keyboard shortcut (a single character) that the web browser can use to transfer keyboard focus to this element. Mirrors the
accesskey
attribute.-
long cols
The width of this element in character columns. Mirrors the
cols
attribute.-
String defaultValue
The initial content of the text area. When the form is reset, the text area is restored to this value. Setting this property changes the displayed text in the text area.
-
boolean disabled
If
true
, this element is disabled and the user cannot interact with it. Mirrors thedisabled
attribute.-
readonly
HTMLFormElement
form
The HTMLFormElement that represents the
<form>
element containing this text area, ornull
if this element is not inside a form.-
String name
The name of this
<textarea>
element, as specified by thename
attribute.-
boolean readOnly
If
true
, this element is read-only and the user cannot edit any of the displayed text. Mirrors thereadonly
attribute.-
long rows
The height of the text area in text rows. Mirrors the
rows
attribute.-
long tabIndex
The position of this element in the tabbing order. Mirrors the
tabindex
attribute.-
readonly String type
The type of this element, for compatibility with HTMLInputElement objects. This property always has the value “textarea”.
-
String value
The text currently displayed in ...
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