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HTML DOM Text Object


Text Object

The Text object represents a text-input field in an HTML form.

For each instance of an <input type="text"> tag in an HTML form, a Text object is created.

You can access a text-input field by searching through the elements[] array of the form, or by using document.getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Text Object Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
accessKey Sets or returns the keyboard key to access a text field 4 1 9 Yes
alt Sets or returns an alternate text to display if a browser does not support text fields 5 1 9 Yes
defaultValue Sets or returns the default value of a text field 4 1 9 Yes
disabled Sets or returns whether or not a text field should be disabled 5 1 9 Yes
form Returns a reference to the form that contains the text field 4 1 9 Yes
id Sets or returns the id of a text field 4 1 9 Yes
maxLength Sets or returns the maximum number of characters in a text field 4 1 9 Yes
name Sets or returns the name of a text field 4 1 9 Yes
readOnly Sets or returns whether or not a text field should be read-only 4 1 9 Yes
size Sets or returns the size of a text field 4 1 9 Yes
tabIndex Sets or returns the tab order for a text field 4 1 9 Yes
type Returns the type of form element a text field is 4 1 9 Yes
value Sets or returns the value of the value attribute of a text field 4 1 9 Yes

Standard Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
className Sets or returns the class attribute of an element 5 1 9 Yes
dir Sets or returns the direction of text 5 1 9 Yes
lang Sets or returns the language code for an element 5 1 9 Yes
title Sets or returns an element's advisory title 5 1 9 Yes

Text Object Methods

Method Description IE F O W3C
blur() Removes focus from a text field 4 1 9 Yes
focus() Sets focus on a text field 4 1 9 Yes
select() Selects the content of a text field 4 1 9 Yes



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