HTMLTextAreaElement: type property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The type read-only property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface returns the string "textarea".

Value

The string "textarea".

Example

js
const textArea = document.querySelector("textarea");
console.log(textArea.type); // "textarea"

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-textarea-type-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also