HTML | DOM Textarea defaultValue property

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 22 Apr, 2019

The DOM Textarea defaultValue Property is used to set or return the default value of the textarea field.

Syntax:

It is used to return the defaultValue property.
```
textareaObject.defaultValue
```
It is used to set the defaultValue property:
```
textareaObject.defaultValue = text/value 
```

Property Values:

text: It specifies the default value of the text area.

Return Value: It returns the default value of the text area in the form of the string.

Example-1: HTML program to illustrate set the DOM Textarea defaultValue Property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
      DOM Textarea defaultValue Property
  </title>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
          
        h1,
        h2 {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>
  
    <h2> 
        DOM Textarea defaultValue Property 
    </h2>
  
    <textarea id="GFG" 
              name="GFG_text">
        Portal for geeks.
    </textarea>
  
    <br>
    <br>
    <button type="button"
            onclick="myGeeks()">
      Submit
  </button>
    <p id="sudo"> </p>
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            document.getElementById("GFG").defaultValue =
                "A computer science portal for geeks";
  
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>

Output :

Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: HTML program to illustrate return the DOM Textarea defaultValue Property.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
      DOM Textarea defaultValue Property
  </title>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
          
        h1,
        h2 {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>
  
    <h2> 
        DOM Textarea defaultValue Property 
    </h2>
  
    <textarea id="GFG"
              name="GFG_text">
        Portal for geeks.
    </textarea>
  
    <br>
    <br>
    <button type="button" 
            onclick="myGeeks()">
      Submit
  </button>
    <p id="sudo"> </p>
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            var x = 
                document.getElementById("GFG").defaultValue;
            
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML =
                "Default value is " + x;
  
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>