DOM Textarea 对象

Textarea Object

The Textarea object represents a text-area in an HTML form. For each instance of an HTML <textarea> tag in a form, a Textarea object is created.

You can access a Textarea object by indexing the elements array (by number or name) of the corresponding form or by using getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Textarea Object Properties

Property	Description	IE	F	N	W3C
accessKey	Sets or returns the keyboard key to access the textarea	4			Yes
cols	Sets or returns the width (in characters) of the textarea	3	1	6	Yes
defaultValue	Sets or returns the initial contents of the textarea	3			Yes
disabled	Sets or returns whether or not the textarea should be disabled	5	1	6	Yes
form	Returns a reference to the textarea's parent form	3	1	2	Yes
id	Sets or returns the id of the textarea (In IE 4 this property is read-only)	4	1		No
name	Sets or returns the name of the textarea	3	1	2	Yes
readOnly	Sets or returns whether or not the textarea should be read-only	4	1	6	Yes
rows	Sets or returns the height (in rows) of the textarea	3	1	6	Yes
tabIndex	Sets or returns the tab order for the textarea	4			Yes
type	Returns the type of the form element. For a textarea object it will always be "textarea"	3	1	3	Yes
value	Sets or returns the text in the textarea	3	1	2	Yes

Textarea Object Methods

Method	Description	IE	F	N	W3C
blur()	Removes focus from the textarea	3	1	2	Yes
click()	Simulates a mouse-click in the textarea	4			No
focus()	Sets focus on the textarea	3	1	2	Yes
select()	Selects and highlights the entire text that is in the textarea	4	1	2	Yes

Textarea Object Events

Syntax: object.event_name="someJavaScriptCode"

Event	Description	IE	F	N	W3C
onBlur	Executes some code when the textarea loses focus	3	1	2
onChange	Executes some code when the textarea loses focus and its value has altered	3	1	2
onClick	Executes some code when the user clicks the left mouse button in the textarea	4
onFocus	Executes some code when the textarea gets focus	3	1	2
onKeyDown	Executes some code when a key is pressed down in the textarea		1	4
onKeyPress	Executes some code when a key is pressed in the textarea		1	4
onKeyUp	Executes some code when a key is released in the textarea		1	4
onSelect	Executes some code when some text in the textarea is selected		1	2