Provides a hint for generating a keyboard shortcut for the current element.
Provides a hint for generating a keyboard shortcut for the current element. This attribute consists of a space-separated list of characters. The browser should use the first one that exists on the computer keyboard layout.
This is a nonstandard attribute used by iOS Safari Mobile which controls whether and how the text value should be automatically capitalized as it is entered/edited by the user.
This is a nonstandard attribute used by iOS Safari Mobile which controls whether and how the text value should be automatically capitalized as it is entered/edited by the user. The non-deprecated values are available in iOS 5 and later. Possible values are:
none
: Completely disables automatic capitalizationsentences
: Automatically capitalize the first letter of sentences.words
: Automatically capitalize the first letter of words.characters
: Automatically capitalize all characters.on
: Deprecated since iOS 5.off
: Deprecated since iOS 5.This attribute indicates whether the value of the control can be automatically completed by the browser.
This attribute indicates whether the value of the control can be automatically completed by the browser. Possible values are:
off
: The user must explicitly enter a value into this field for every use, or the document provides its own auto-completion method; the browser does not automatically complete the entry.on
: The browser can automatically complete the value based on values that the user has entered during previous uses.If the autocomplete attribute is not specified on an textarea element, then the browser uses the autocomplete attribute value of the <textarea>
element's form owner. The form owner is either the form
element that this <textarea>
element is a descendant of or the form element whose id is specified by the form attribute of the input element. For more information, see the autocomplete
attribute in <form>
.
This Boolean attribute lets you specify that a form control should have input focus when the page loads, unless the user overrides it, for example by typing in a different control.
This Boolean attribute lets you specify that a form control should have input focus when the page loads, unless the user overrides it, for example by typing in a different control. Only one form-associated element in a document can have this attribute specified.
Is a space-separated list of the classes of the element.
Is a space-separated list of the classes of the element. Classes allows CSS and JavaScript to select and access specific elements via the
class selectors or functions like the method
Document.getElementsByClassName()
.
The visible width of the text control, in average character widths.
The visible width of the text control, in average character widths. If it is specified, it must be a positive integer. If it is not specified, the default value is 20 (HTML5).
Is an enumerated attribute indicating if the element should be editable by the user.
Is an enumerated attribute indicating if the element should be editable by the user. If so, the browser modifies its widget to allow editing. The attribute must take one of the following values:
true
or the empty string, which indicates that the element must be editable;false
, which indicates that the element must not be editable.Is the
id
of an
<menu>
to use as the contextual menu for this element.
Is an enumerated attribute indicating the directionality of the element's text.
Is an enumerated attribute indicating the directionality of the element's text. It can have the following values:
ltr
, which means left to right and is to be used for languages that are written from the left to the right (like English);rtl
, which means right to left and is to be used for languages that are written from the right to the left (like Arabic);auto
, which let the user agent decides. It uses a basic algorithm as it parses the characters inside the element until it finds a character with a strong directionality, then apply that directionality to the whole element.This Boolean attribute indicates that the user cannot interact with the control.
This Boolean attribute indicates that the user cannot interact with the control. (If this attribute is not specified, the control inherits its setting from the containing element, for example
<fieldset>
; if there is no containing element with the
disabled
attribute set, then the control is enabled.)
Is an enumerated attribute indicating whether the element can be dragged, using the Drag and Drop API.
Is an enumerated attribute indicating whether the element can be dragged, using the Drag and Drop API. It can have the following values:
true
, which indicates that the element may be draggedfalse
, which indicates that the element may not be dragged.Is an enumerated attribute indicating what types of content can be dropped on an element, using the Drag and Drop API.
Is an enumerated attribute indicating what types of content can be dropped on an element, using the Drag and Drop API. It can have the following values:
copy
, which indicates that dropping will create a copy of the element that was draggedmove
, which indicates that the element that was dragged will be moved to this new location.link
, will create a link to the dragged data.The form element that the textarea element is associated with (its "form owner").
The form element that the textarea element is associated with (its "form owner"). The value of the attribute must be an ID of a form element in the same document. If this attribute is not specified, the textarea element must be a descendant of a form element. This attribute enables you to place textarea elements anywhere within a document, not just as descendants of their form elements.
Is a Boolean attribute indicates that the element is not yet, or is no longer, relevant.
Is a Boolean attribute indicates that the element is not yet, or is no longer, relevant. For example, it can be used to hide elements of the page that can't be used until the login process has been completed. The browser won't render such elements. This attribute must not be used to hide content that could legitimately be shown.
Defines a unique identifier (ID) which must be unique in the whole document.
Defines a unique identifier (ID) which must be unique in the whole document. Its purpose is to identify the element when linking (using a fragment identifier), scripting, or styling (with CSS).
These attributes are related to the WHATWG HTML Microdata feature.
These attributes are related to the WHATWG HTML Microdata feature.
Participates in defining the language of the element, the language that non-editable elements are written in or the language that editable elements should be written in.
Participates in defining the language of the element, the language that non-editable elements are written in or the language that editable elements should be written in. The tag contains one single entry value in the format defines in the Tags for Identifying Languages (BCP47) IETF document. xml:lang has priority over it.
The maximum number of characters (Unicode code points) that the user can enter.
The maximum number of characters (Unicode code points) that the user can enter. If it is not specified, the user can enter an unlimited number of characters.
The minimum number of characters (Unicode code points) required that the user should enter.
The name of the control.
A hint to the user of what can be entered in the control.
A hint to the user of what can be entered in the control. Carriage returns or line-feeds within the placeholder text must be treated as line breaks when rendering the hint.
This Boolean attribute indicates that the user cannot modify the value of the control.
This Boolean attribute indicates that the user cannot modify the value of the control. Unlike the
disabled
attribute, the
readonly
attribute does not prevent the user from clicking or selecting in the control. The value of a read-only control is still submitted with the form.
This attribute specifies that the user must fill in a value before submitting a form.
The number of visible text lines for the control.
The direction in which selection occurred.
The direction in which selection occurred. This is "forward" if the selection was made from left-to-right in an LTR locale or right-to-left in an RTL locale, or "backward" if the selection was made in the opposite direction. This can be "none" if the selection direction is unknown.
The index to the last character in the current selection.
The index to the first character in the current selection.
Is an enumerated attribute defines whether the element may be checked for spelling errors.
Is an enumerated attribute defines whether the element may be checked for spelling errors. It may have the following values:
true
, which indicates that the element should be, if possible, checked for spelling errors;false
, which indicates that the element should not be checked for spelling errors.Contains CSS styling declarations to be applied to the element.
Is an integer attribute indicates if the element can take input focus (is focusable), if it should participate to sequential keyboard navigation, and if so, at what position.
Is an integer attribute indicates if the element can take input focus (is focusable), if it should participate to sequential keyboard navigation, and if so, at what position. It can takes several values:
0
means that the element should be focusable and reachable via sequential keyboard navigation, but its relative order is defined by the platform convention;Contains a text representing advisory information related to the element it belongs to.
Contains a text representing advisory information related to the element it belongs to. Such information can typically, but not necessarily, be presented to the user as a tooltip.
Is an enumerated attribute that is used to specify whether an element's attribute values and the values of it
s
Text
node children are to be translated when the page is localized, or whether to leave them unchanged.
Is an enumerated attribute that is used to specify whether an element's attribute values and the values of it
s
Text
node children are to be translated when the page is localized, or whether to leave them unchanged. It can have the following values:
"yes"
, which indicates that the element will be translated."no
", which indicates that the element will not be translated.Indicates how the control wraps text.
Indicates how the control wraps text. Possible values are:
cols
attribute must be specified.If this attribute is not specified, soft is its default value.
The HTML
<textarea>
element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control.