Interface HTMLTextAreaElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLTextAreaElement
extends HTMLElement

Multi-line text field. See the TEXTAREA element definition in HTML 4.0.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	blur()	Removes keyboard focus from this element.
void	focus()	Gives keyboard focus to this element.
String	getAccessKey()	A single character access key to give access to the form control.
int	getCols()	Width of control (in characters).
String	getDefaultValue()	Stores the initial control value (i.e., the initial value of value).
boolean	getDisabled()	The control is unavailable in this context.
HTMLFormElement	getForm()	Returns the FORM element containing this control.Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.
String	getName()	Form control or object name when submitted with a form.
boolean	getReadOnly()	This control is read-only.
int	getRows()	Number of text rows.
int	getTabIndex()	Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
String	getType()	The type of this form control.
String	getValue()	The current textual content of the multi-line text field.
void	select()	Select the contents of the TEXTAREA.
void	setAccessKey(String accessKey)
void	setCols(int cols)
void	setDefaultValue(String defaultValue)
void	setDisabled(boolean disabled)
void	setName(String name)
void	setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)
void	setRows(int rows)
void	setTabIndex(int tabIndex)
void	setValue(String value)

Methods inherited from interface Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from interface HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods inherited from interface Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Method Details

getDefaultValue

String getDefaultValue()

Stores the initial control value (i.e., the initial value of value).

setDefaultValue

void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue)

getForm

HTMLFormElement getForm()

Returns the FORM element containing this control.Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.

getAccessKey

String getAccessKey()

A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setAccessKey

void setAccessKey(String accessKey)

getCols

int getCols()

Width of control (in characters). See the cols attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setCols

void setCols(int cols)

getDisabled

boolean getDisabled()

The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setDisabled

void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

getName

String getName()

Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setName

void setName(String name)

getReadOnly

boolean getReadOnly()

This control is read-only. See the readonly attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setReadOnly

void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)

getRows

int getRows()

Number of text rows. See the rows attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setRows

void setRows(int rows)

getTabIndex

int getTabIndex()

Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setTabIndex

void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)

getType

String getType()

The type of this form control.

getValue

String getValue()

The current textual content of the multi-line text field. If the entirety of the data can not fit into a single wstring, the implementation may truncate the data.

setValue

void setValue(String value)

blur

void blur()

Removes keyboard focus from this element.

focus

void focus()

Gives keyboard focus to this element.

select

void select()

Select the contents of the TEXTAREA.