jQWidgets jqxTextArea val() Method

Last Updated : 26 Aug, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxTextArea represents a jQuery textarea widget that is used to insert text content inside the textbox.

The val() method is used to set or return the value of the textarea. It accepts single parameter value of string type and it return a string value.

Syntax:

Set the value of textarea.

$('selector').jqxTextArea({ 'val', 'String Value' });  or
$('selector').val('String Value');

Return the value of textarea.

var value = $('selector').jqxTextArea('val'); or 
var value = $('selector').val();

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”.jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxtextarea.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxTextArea val() method.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src=".jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxtextarea.js"></script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxTextArea val() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <textarea id='jqxTA'></textarea> 
        <br> 
        <input type="button" id='jqxBtn' 
            style="padding: 5px 20px;" 
            value="Set Value of Textarea" /> 
    </center> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            var data = [ 
                "Computer Science", 
                "C Programming", 
                "C++ Programming", 
                "Java Programming", 
                "Python Programming", 
                "HTML", 
                "CSS", 
                "JavaScript", 
                "jQuery", 
                "PHP", 
                "Bootstrap" 
            ]; 
  
            $('#jqxTA').jqxTextArea({ 
                source: data, 
                width: 250, 
                height: 100, 
                placeHolder: 'Enter Subjects...' 
            }) 
  
            $('#jqxBtn').on('click', function() { 
                $('#jqxTA').jqxTextArea('val', "Python Programming"); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>