| HTML DOM value Property
  Complete Textarea Object Reference 
 Definition and UsageThe value property sets or returns the text of a text area. Syntax
  
    | textareaObject.value=text |  
 
 ExampleThe following example returns the text of a text area element: 
  
    | <html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function alertValue()
  {
  alert(document.getElementById('txt1').value);
  }
</script>
</head>
<body><textarea id="txt1">
Hello world....This is a text area
</textarea>
<br />
<input type="button" onclick="alertValue()" 
value="Alert value" /> </body>
</html> |  
 
  Complete Textarea Object Reference 
 
 
  
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