html:textarea
html:textarea — A textarea element in an HTML form.
Synopsis
html:textarea ::=
- text
Attributes
Attributes:
- accesskey
- cols
- disabled (enumeration)
- “disabled”
- name
- onblur
- onchange
- onfocus
- onselect
- readonly (enumeration)
- “readonly”
- rows
- tabindex
Required attributes are shown in bold.
Description
An HTML form “textarea”.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
Attributes
None.
- accesskey
Specifies the access key for the element
- class
This attribute assigns a class name or set of class names to an element. Any number of elements may be assigned the same class name or names. Multiple class names must be separated by white space characters.
- cols
Specifies the number of columns in the text area
- disabled
Indicates a control is unavailable
Enumerated values: “disabled” The element is disabled
- lang
This attribute specifies the base language of an element's attribute values and text content. The default value of this attribute is unknown.
- name
Specifies the name of the parameter associated with a control
- onblur
Script to evaluate when a control loses focus
- onchange
Script to evaluate when a control loses focus and its value has changed
- onclick
Occurs when the pointing device button is clicked over an element.
- ondblclick
Occurs when the pointing device button is double clicked over an element.
- onfocus
Script to evaluate when a control receives focus
- onkeydown
Occurs when a key is pressed down over an element.
- onkeypress
Occurs when a key is pressed and released over an element.
- onkeyup
Occurs when a key is released over an element.
- onmousedown
Occurs when the pointing device button is pressed over an element.
- onmousemove
Occurs when the pointing device is moved while it is over an element.
- onmouseout
Occurs when the pointing device is moved away from an element.
- onmouseover
Occurs when the pointing device is moved onto an element.
- onmouseup
Occurs when the pointing device button is released over an element.
- onselect
Script to evaluate when a user selects some text
- readonly
Indicates that a control cannot be changed
Enumerated values: “readonly” The element is read only
- rows
Specifies the number of rows in the text area
- style
This attribute specifies style information for the current element.
- tabindex
Specifies the position of the element in tabbing order
- title
This attribute offers advisory information about the element for which it is set.
Parents
These elements contain html:textarea
: caption
(db.html.caption), citetitle
, emphasis
, entry
, html:button
, html:fieldset
, html:form
, html:label
, html:legend
, link
(db.link), literallayout
, para
, phrase
(db.phrase), programlisting
, quote
, rddl:resource
, subtitle
, summary
, td
, term
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
.