TEXTAREA XHTML Element (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The TEXTAREA element specifies a multiline text input control. This is an inline element and requires a closing tag.

Using this Element

There are some common properties and collections that apply to all the elements of the document object model, see Common Properties, Methods and Collections for the HTML Elements in Internet Explorer.

This element can be used within a web page with attributes.

This element can be used within scripts where it will have properties, events and methods.

Attributes

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Embedded supports.

Attribute	Value	Description
ACCESSKEY	0…9, #, *	Gives access or focus to an active HTML element by using a keypad number.
CLASS		Associates the element with a CSS style.
COLS	0…#	Specifies the number of columns for the text input control that is used to determine its width. The default value of this attribute is 20.
ID		Uniquely identifies the element within a document.
NAME	String	Specifies the text input control name that is submitted with its contents.
ONBLUR		Event that occurs when the text input control loses focus by the pointing device or by tabbing navigation.
ONCHANGE		Event that occurs when the text input control loses the input focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus.
ONFOCUS		Event that occurs when the text input control receives focus by a pointing device or by tabbing navigation.
READONLY
ROWS	0…#	Specifies the number of rows in the text input control that is used to determine its height. The default value of this attribute is 2.
STYLE		Provides the definition of the CSS styles used for this element.
TABINDEX		Sets the order in which elements are tabbed to.

Scripting Properties

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Embedded supports.

Property	Type	Access	Comments
accessKey	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the number associated with the accesskey attribute.
cols	long	Read Only	Sets or retrieves the width of the TEXTAREA object.
defaultValue	string	Read/Write	Retrieves the default value (initial contents) of the TEXTAREA control.
disabled	boolean	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
form	object	Read Only	Retrieves a reference to the form that the object is embedded in.
maxLength	long	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the maximum number of characters that the user can enter in a text control.
name	string	Read Only	Sets or retrieves the name of the TEXTAREA control.
offsetHeight	Number	Read-only	Contains the height of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.
offsetLeft	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the left of the parent element.
offsetParent	String	Read-only	Contains a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetTop	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the top of the parent element
offsetWidth	Number	Read-only	Contains the width of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.
readOnly	boolean	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the value indicated whether the content of the object is read-only.
rows	long	Read Only	Sets or retrieves the number of horizontal rows contained in the object.
size	long	Read Only	Sets or retrieves the size of the control.
type	string	Read Only	Always returns — textarea.
value	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the value of the TEXTAREA control.

Scripting Events

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Embedded supports.

Event	Comment
onblur	Occurs when an element loses focus either by the pointing device or by keypad navigation. Note: Supported only for devices running Smartphone 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 software or later.
onchange	Occurs when the contents of the input type=text object have changed and the user has committed the change (by leaving the TEXTAREA control that has focus).
onfocus	Occurs when an element receives focus either by the pointing device or by tabbing navigation. Note: Supported only for devices running Smartphone 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 software or later.

Scripting Methods

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Embedded supports.

Method	Arguments	Comments
focus		Syntax: textarea.focus() Sets focus to the textarea control.
getAttribute	option	Syntax: vAttrValue=textarea.getAttribute(sAttrName[,iFlags]) Returns the value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not present then a NULL is returned. sAttrName is a String containing the name of the attribute. iFlags is an integer that specifies one or more of the following: 0 (Default) Performs a property search that is not case-sensitive, and returns an interpolated value if the property is found. 1 Performs a case-sensitive property search. To find a match, the uppercase and lowercase letters in sAttrName must exactly match those in the attribute name. 2 Returns the value exactly as it was set in script or in the source document.
select		Syntax: textarea.select() This method is not supported in Internet Explorer Embedded.

Requirements

Windows Embedded CE

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

See Also

Concepts

Internet Explorer Embedded HTML Elements