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The DOM Textarea disabled Property is used to set or return whether the textarea element would be disabled or not. A disabled text area is un-clickable and unusable. It is a boolean attribute and is used to reflect the HTML Disabled attribute. 

Syntax: 

  • It is used to return the disabled property.
textareaObject.disabled
  • It is used to set the disabled property.
textareaObject.disabled = true|false

Property Values: 

  • true: It defines that the textarea is disabled.
  • False: It has a default value. It defines that the text area is not disabled.

Return Value: It returns a boolean value that represents whether the text area is disabled or not. 

Example-1: This example illustrates how to set the Textarea disabled property

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>DOM textarea disabled Property</title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center">
    <h1 style="color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>DOM textarea disabled Property</h2>
    <p>This text area is non editable.</p>
    <!-- Assigning id to textarea. -->
    <textarea id="GFG" disabled>
        This textarea field is disabled.
    </textarea>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
      Submit
    </button>
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            // sets the textarea disabled property.
            document.getElementById(
                "GFG").disabled = false;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: 

 

Example-2: This example illustrates how to return the Textarea Disabled property

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>DOM textarea disabled Property</title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center">
    <h1 style="color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>DOM textarea disabled Property</h2>
    <p>This text area is non editable.</p>
    <!-- Assigning id to textarea. -->
    <textarea id="GFG" disabled>This textarea
         field is disabled.
    </textarea>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
    <p id="sudo"></p>
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            // Return Textarea disabled Property
            let x = document.getElementById(
                "GFG").disabled;
            document.getElementById(
                "sudo").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: 

 

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by Textarea Disabled Property are listed below:

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari

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Last Updated : 16 Jun, 2023
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