Name
Textarea
Synopsis
form
.elements[i
]form
.elements[name
]form
.name
Description
The Textarea object is very similar to the Input object.
Properties
The Textarea object defines properties for each of the
attributes of the HTML <textarea>
tag, such as cols
, defaultValue
, disabled
, name
, readOnly
, and rows
. It also defines the following
properties:
form
The Form object that contains this Textarea object. Read-only.
type
A read-only string property that specifies the type of the element. For Textarea objects, this is always âtextareaâ.
value
A read/write string that specifies the text contained in the Textarea. The initial value of this property is the same as the
defaultValue
property.
Methods
blur( )
Yields the keyboard focus and returns nothing.
focus( )
Grabs the keyboard focus and returns nothing.
select( )
Selects the entire contents of the text area. Returns nothing.
Event Handlers
onblur
Invoked when input focus is lost.
onchange
Invoked when the user changes the value in the Textarea element and moves the keyboard focus elsewhere. This event handler is invoked only when the user completes an edit in the Textarea element.
onfocus
Invoked when input focus is gained.
See Also
Element, Form, Input
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