HTMLTextAreaElement: value property

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The value property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLTextAreaElement")}}  interface represents the value of the {{htmlelement("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 {{htmlelement("textarea")}}  element.

Examples

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

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("textarea")}} 
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.textLength")}} 
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.labels")}} 
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.selectionStart")}} 
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.selectionEnd")}}