HTMLTextAreaElement: value property

The value property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface represents the value of the <textarea> element as a string, which is an empty string if the widget contains no content. It returns or sets the raw value contained in the control.

Value

A string containing the contents of the <textarea> element.

Examples

js
const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
const oldText = textArea.value;
textArea.value = oldText.toUpperCase();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also