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HTML DOM Textarea Object
The HTML DOM Textarea Object represent the <textarea> element of an HTML document.
Create Textarea object
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
document.createElement(“TEXTAREA”);
Properties of Textarea object
| Property | Explanation |
|---|---|
| autofocus | It returns and modify whether the text area should automatically get focused or not when the page loads. |
| defaultValue | It returns and modify the default value of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| cols | It returns and modify the value of cols attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| disabled | It returns and modify whether the text area element in an HTML document is disabled or not |
| form | It returns the cite of the form which enclose the text area. |
| maxLength | It returns and modify the value of maxLength attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| name | It returns and modify the value of name attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| placeholder | It returns and modify the value of placeholder attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| readOnly | It returns and modify whether the content of a text area element in an HTML document should be read only or not. |
| required | It returns and modify the value of the required attribute of a text area in an HTML document. |
| rows | It returns and modify the value of rows attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| type | It returns the type of the form element the text area is in an HTML document. |
| value | It returns and modify the content of a text area element in an HTML document. |
| wrap | It returns and modify the value of wrap attribute of a text area element in an HTML document. |
Methods of Textarea object
| Method | Explanation |
|---|---|
| select() | It selects the content of a text area in an HTML document. |
Let us see an example of Textarea object:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
body {
color: #000;
background: lightseagreen;
height: 100vh;
text-align: center;
}
.btn {
background: #db133a;
border: none;
height: 2rem;
border-radius: 2px;
width: 40%;
display: block;
color: #fff;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
margin: 1rem auto;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1>DOM Textarea Object Demo</h1>
<button onclick="create()" class="btn">Create Textarea</button>
<script>
function create() {
var ta = document.createElement("TEXTAREA");
ta.innerHTML = "Hi! I'm a textarea element in an HTML document with some dummy text.";
ta.setAttribute('rows', '8');
document.body.appendChild(ta);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output

Click on “Create Textarea” button to create a textarea element.

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