The Textarea object

The Textarea object represents a <textarea> tag in a document.

Textarea Object Examples

Example	IE 5.5	NN 4.7	NN 6.2
Change number of cols	X		X
Disable textarea	X		X
Change number of rows	X		X
Change value	X	X	X
Select the textarea's text	X	X	X

Properties

Property	Description
accessKey	Specifies a keyboard key to access the textarea
cols	Sets or returns the width of the textarea (in characters)
defaultValue	Sets or returns the default value of the textarea
disabled	Sets or returns the disabled property
form	Returns the form element to the textarea
name	Sets or returns the name of the textarea
readOnly	Sets or returns whether the textarea is read only
rows	Sets or returns the height of the textarea (in rows)
tabIndex	Sets or returns the tab order of the textarea
type	Returns the type of textarea
value	Sets or returns the value of the textarea

Methods

Method	Description
blur()	The textarea looses focus
focus()	The textarea gets focus
select()	Selects the content of the textarea

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