HTMLTextAreaElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, HTMLElement, Node
```
public interface HTMLTextAreaElement
extends HTMLElement
```
Multi-line text field. See the TEXTAREA element definition in HTML 4.0.
See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
  ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`blur()` Removes keyboard focus from this element.
`void`	`focus()` Gives keyboard focus to this element.
`String`	`getAccessKey()` A single character access key to give access to the form control.
`int`	`getCols()` Width of control (in characters).
`String`	`getDefaultValue()` Represents the contents of the element.
`boolean`	`getDisabled()` The control is unavailable in this context.
`HTMLFormElement`	`getForm()` Returns the `FORM` element containing this control.
`String`	`getName()` Form control or object name when submitted with a form.
`boolean`	`getReadOnly()` This control is read-only.
`int`	`getRows()` Number of text rows.
`int`	`getTabIndex()` Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
`String`	`getType()` The type of this form control.
`String`	`getValue()` Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent.
`void`	`select()` Select the contents of the `TEXTAREA` .
`void`	`setAccessKey(String accessKey)`
`void`	`setCols(int cols)`
`void`	`setDefaultValue(String defaultValue)`
`void`	`setDisabled(boolean disabled)`
`void`	`setName(String name)`
`void`	`setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)`
`void`	`setRows(int rows)`
`void`	`setTabIndex(int tabIndex)`
`void`	`setValue(String value)`

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement
getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element
getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

- Method Detail
  - getDefaultValue
```
String getDefaultValue()
```
    Represents the contents of the element. The value of this attribute does not change if the contents of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent, changes. Changing this attribute, however, resets the contents of the form control.
  - setDefaultValue
```
void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue)
```
  - getForm
```
HTMLFormElement getForm()
```
    Returns the FORM element containing this control. Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.
  - getAccessKey
```
String getAccessKey()
```
    A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setAccessKey
```
void setAccessKey(String accessKey)
```
  - getCols
```
int getCols()
```
    Width of control (in characters). See the cols attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setCols
```
void setCols(int cols)
```
  - getDisabled
```
boolean getDisabled()
```
    The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setDisabled
```
void setDisabled(boolean disabled)
```
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setName
```
void setName(String name)
```
  - getReadOnly
```
boolean getReadOnly()
```
    This control is read-only. See the readonly attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setReadOnly
```
void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)
```
  - getRows
```
int getRows()
```
    Number of text rows. See the rows attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setRows
```
void setRows(int rows)
```
  - getTabIndex
```
int getTabIndex()
```
    Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setTabIndex
```
void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)
```
  - getType
```
String getType()
```
    The type of this form control. This the string "textarea".
  - getValue
```
String getValue()
```
    Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the contents of the form control, but does not change the contents of the element. If the entirety of the data can not fit into a single DOMString , the implementation may truncate the data.
  - setValue
```
void setValue(String value)
```
  - blur
```
void blur()
```
    Removes keyboard focus from this element.
  - focus
```
void focus()
```
    Gives keyboard focus to this element.
  - select
```
void select()
```
    Select the contents of the TEXTAREA .

Interface HTMLTextAreaElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Detail

getDefaultValue

setDefaultValue

getForm

getAccessKey

setAccessKey

getCols

setCols

getDisabled

setDisabled

getName

setName

getReadOnly

setReadOnly

getRows

setRows

getTabIndex

setTabIndex

getType

getValue

setValue

blur

focus

select