Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

TEXTAREA — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

The TEXTAREA object reflects the TEXTAREA element and is used as a form control. This object is the primary way of getting a user to enter multiple lines of text for submission to the server. Note that the innerHTML property is not available on the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 4.

HTML Equivalent

<TEXTAREA>

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

IE

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

[window.]document.all. elementID

Properties

accessKey	defaultValue	name	parentElement	sourceIndex
className	disabled	offsetHeight	parentTextEdit	style
clientHeight	document	offsetLeft	readOnly	tabIndex
clientLeft	form	offsetParent	rows	tagName
clientTop	id	offsetTop	scrollHeight	title
clientWidth	isTextEdit	offsetWidth	scrollLeft	type
cols	lang	outerHTML	scrollTop	value
dataFld	language	outerText	scrollWidth	wrap
dataSrc

Methods

blur( )	getAttribute( )	removeAttribute( )
click( )	handleEvent( )	scrollIntoView( )
contains( )	insertAdjacentHTML( )	select( )
createTextRange( )	insertAdjacentText( )	setAttribute( )
focus( )

Collections/Arrays

all[]

children[]

filters[]

Event Handler Properties

Handler	NN	IE	DOM
onafterupdate	n/a	4	n/a
onbeforeunload	n/a	4	n/a ...