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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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