How to disable a text area?

Steilla Mitchel 770 21 Jul 2023

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Updated 21 Jul 2023

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Aryan Kumar 21 Jul 2023

There are two ways to disable a text area in HTML:

Using the disabled attribute

The disabled attribute is a boolean attribute. When present, it specifies that the element should be disabled. A disabled element cannot be interacted with by the user.

To disable a text area using the disabled attribute, add the disabled attribute to the textarea element and set its value to true.

HTML

<textarea disabled></textarea>

Using the JavaScript disabled property

The JavaScript disabled property is a boolean property. It can be used to set or get the disabled state of an element.

To disable a text area using JavaScript, you can use the following code:

JavaScript

const textarea = document.querySelector('textarea');
textarea.disabled = true;

This code will disable the text area with the ID textarea.

Here are some additional things to keep in mind when disabling text areas:

Disabled text areas do not have the focus ring. The focus ring is the outline that appears around an element when it is focused. Disabled text areas do not have the focus ring, so it is not possible to focus on them.
Disabled text areas do not submit their value when the form is submitted. If you have a text area in a form and you disable the text area, the value of the text area will not be submitted when the form is submitted.

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