JS DOM: Textarea

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

What is Textarea

textarea tag is for user text input, such as for reader's comments.

Textarea Example

Result:

Code

<textarea id="text_XkDnF" rows="5" cols="40">type text here</textarea>

<p>Result:<br />
<span id="output_GCDd3"></span></p>
{
    const text_XkDnF = document.getElementById("text_XkDnF");
    const output_GCDd3 = document.getElementById("output_GCDd3");
    const f_update = (() => {
        output_GCDd3.textContent = text_XkDnF.value;
    });
    text_XkDnF.addEventListener("input", f_update);
    f_update();
}