The Textarea type Property in HTML DOM is used to return the type of form element of the Textarea field. Note that, it will always return “textarea” for a Textarea Object.
Syntax:
textareaObject.type
Return Value: It returns a string value that represents the type of form element of the Textarea field.
Example: The below program illustrates the Textarea type property in HTML DOM.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<body style="text-align:center">
<h1 style="color: green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Textarea type Property</b>
<br><br>
<!-- Assigning id to textarea. -->
<textarea id="myGeeks" rows="5" autofocus>
GeeksForGeeks. A computer science portal for Geeks. </textarea>
<br><br>
<button onclick="myGeeks()">Submit</button>
<p id="sudo" style="font-size:20px;color:green;"></p>
<script>
function myGeeks() {
// Get the type of textarea
var type =
document.getElementById("myGeeks").type;
// Set the type to the innerHTML
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = type;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Internet Explorer 5
- Firefox 1
- Opera 12.1
- Safari 1