HTML DOM Textarea Object

Textarea Object

The Textarea object represents a text-area in an HTML form.

For each <textarea> tag in an HTML form, a Textarea object is created.

You can access a Textarea object by indexing the elements array (by number or name) of the form or by using getElementById().

W3C: W3C Standard.

Property	Description	W3C
cols	Sets or returns the width of a textarea	Yes
defaultValue	Sets or returns the default text in a textarea	Yes
disabled	Sets or returns whether or not a textarea should be disabled	Yes
form	Returns a reference to the form that contains the textarea	Yes
name	Sets or returns the name of a textarea	Yes
readOnly	Sets or returns whether or not a textarea should be read-only	Yes
rows	Sets or returns the height of a textarea	Yes
type	Returns the type of the form element	Yes
value	Sets or returns the text in a textarea	Yes

Method	Description	W3C
select()	Selects the text in a textarea	Yes