value (textarea element)

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Examples

In this example, when the user clicks the text area, the alert displays the value "This is the value of a TEXTAREA".

<TEXTAREA onclick="alert(this.value)">
This is the value of a TEXTAREA.
</TEXTAREA>

Notes

Remarks

Setting this property replaces any existing text in the element.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

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warning.png"html" is not in the list of possible values (Canvas, CSS Font, CSS Layout, Animation, Audio, Background, Border, Box Model, CSS Attributes, CSSOM, Combinators, Deprecated, Document Structure, Exclusions, FileSystemAPI, Filters, Flexbox, Fonts, Generated and Replaced Content, Gradients, Grid Layout, HTML, Multimedia, Media Queries, Mobile, Multi-Column, Off-line Storage, Paged Media, Performance, Pointer Events, Pseudo-Classes, Pseudo-Elements, Regions, Responsive Web Design, Ruby, Scrollbar, Selectors, Security, Syntax, Tables, Text, Touch, Transforms, Transitions, Video, Visual Effects, Web Components, WebRTC, XHR) for this property.

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