Textarea type attribute

HTML DOM Textarea Object

Definition and Usage

type The property returns what type of form element the text area is.

For the Textarea object, this will always return "textarea".

Example

Find out what type of form element the textarea element belongs to:

var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").type;

Try It Yourself

Syntax

textareaObject.type

Technical Details

Return Value: String, the form element type of text area.

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HTML DOM Textarea Object