HTML DOM Textarea type Property

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# Textarea type Property

Textarea Object

## Definition and Usage

The type property returns which type of form element a text area is.

For a text area object this will always be "textarea".

## Syntax

textareaObject.type

## Browser Support

The type property is supported in all major browsers.

## Example

Alert which type of form element a text area element is:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult()
{
alert(document.getElementById("myTextarea").type);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<textarea id="myTextarea" cols="20">
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</textarea>
<br>
<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Alert type</button>
</body>
</html>

Textarea Object

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