HTMLTextAreaElement: textLength property

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The textLength read-only property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLTextAreaElement")}} interface is a non-negative integer representing the number of characters, in {{glossary("UTF-16", "UTF-16 code units")}}, of the {{htmlelement("textarea")}} element's value. It is a shortcut of accessing {{jsxref("String/length", "length")}} on its {{domxref("HTMLTextAreaElement/value", "value")}} property.

Value

A non-negative integer.

Examples

const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
console.log(textArea.textLength);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("textarea")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.rows")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.cols")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.minLength")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.maxLength")}}