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TEXTAREA

Description

Creates a multiline text entry control in which the user can type and edit text. The end tag is required. Any text between the start tag and end tag is used as the initial value for the control.

Syntax

<TEXTAREA
ACCESSKEY=key
ALIGN=ABSBOTTOM | ABSMIDDLE | BASELINE | BOTTOM | LEFT | MIDDLE | RIGHT | TEXTTOP | TOP
CLASS=classname
COLS=n
DATAFLD=colname
DATASRC=#ID
DISABLED
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
NAME=name
READONLY
ROWS=n
STYLE=css1-properties
TABINDEX=n
TITLE=text
WRAP=OFF | PHYSICAL | VIRTUAL
event = script
>

ParameterDescription
ACCESSKEY=key Specifies an accelerator for the element. Pressing alt-key selects this element in the user's browser.
ALIGN=ABSBOTTOM | ABSMIDDLE | BASELINE | BOTTOM | LEFT | MIDDLE | RIGHT | TEXTTOP | TOP Specifies the alignment for the control-like element.
CLASS=classname Specifies the class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a sub-classed style sheet with the tag.
COLS=n Specifies how many characters wide the text area is.
DATAFLD=colname The column name from the data source object that supplies the bound data.
DATASRC=#ID Indicates the ID of the data source object that supplies the data that is bound to this element.
DISABLED Used to disable an element. This attribute prevents an element from receiving the focus, and causes the element to appear "grayed out."
ID=value An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underbar character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position.
LANG=language Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form.
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBS | VBSCRIPT Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT.
JAVASCRIPT, JSCRIPT The scripting language is written in JavaScript.
VBS, VBSCRIPT The scripting language is written in VBScript.
NAME=name Specifies the name of the control, bookmark, or application.
READONLY Causes the element's contents to be read only.
ROWS=n Specifies the number of rows tall the text area control should be.
STYLE=css1-properties Specifies an in-line style sheet for the tag.
TABINDEX=n Sets the tab order position for the object.
TITLE=text Used to provide advisory information. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a ToolTip during the onmouseover event.
WRAP=OFF | PHYSICAL | VIRTUAL Specifies how to handle word-wrapping inside the text area.
OFF Word-wrapping is disabled (default).
PHYSICAL The text is displayed and submitted word-wrapped
VIRTUAL The text is displayed word-wrapped, but is submitted as typed.
event Can be one or more of these events:
onafterupdate onbeforeupdate
onblur onchange
onclick ondblclick
ondragstart onfocus
onhelp onkeydown
onkeypress onkeyup
onmousedown onmousemove
onmouseout onmouseover
onmouseup onresize
onrowenter onrowexit
onscroll onstart
onselectstart

Remarks

The default font is fixed pitch.

Both the start and end tags are required.

Scripting Object

TEXTAREA

See Also

INPUT


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