DOM.HTMLTextAreaElement

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# HTMLTextAreaElement Class Reference

`from PyKDE4.khtml import *`

Inherits: DOM.HTMLElement → DOM.Element → DOM.Node
Namespace: DOM

## Detailed Description

Multi-line text field. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#edef-TEXTAREA"> TEXTAREA element definition in HTML 4.0.

## Methods
| __init__ (self)
| __init__ (self, DOM.HTMLTextAreaElement other)
| __init__ (self, DOM.Node other)
DOM.DOMString | accessKey (self)
| blur (self)
long | cols (self)
DOM.DOMString | defaultValue (self)
bool | disabled (self)
| focus (self)
DOM.HTMLFormElement | form (self)
DOM.DOMString | name (self)
bool | readOnly (self)
long | rows (self)
| select (self)
long | selectionEnd (self)
long | selectionStart (self)
| setAccessKey (self, DOM.DOMString a0)
| setCols (self, long a0)
| setDefaultValue (self, DOM.DOMString a0)
| setDisabled (self, bool a0)
| setName (self, DOM.DOMString a0)
| setReadOnly (self, bool a0)
| setRows (self, long a0)
| setSelectionEnd (self, long offset)
| setSelectionRange (self, long start, long end)
| setSelectionStart (self, long offset)
| setTabIndex (self, long a0)
| setValue (self, DOM.DOMString a0)
long | tabIndex (self)
long | textLength (self)
DOM.DOMString | type (self)
DOM.DOMString | value (self)

## Method Documentation

__init__ | ( |  | self ) |

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.HTMLTextAreaElement | other
| ) |  |  |

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.Node | other
| ) |  |  |

DOM.DOMString accessKey | ( |  | self ) |

A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-accesskey"> accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

blur | ( |  | self ) |

Removes keyboard focus from this element.

long cols | ( |  | self ) |

Width of control (in characters). See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-cols-TEXTAREA"> cols attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

DOM.DOMString defaultValue | ( |  | self ) |

Stores the initial control value (i.e., the initial value of value ).

bool disabled | ( |  | self ) |

The control is unavailable in this context. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-disabled"> disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

focus | ( |  | self ) |

Gives keyboard focus to this element.

DOM.HTMLFormElement form | ( |  | self ) |

### KDE 4.0: remove.

DOM.DOMString name | ( |  | self ) |

Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-name-TEXTAREA"> name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

bool readOnly | ( |  | self ) |

This control is read-only. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-readonly"> readonly attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

long rows | ( |  | self ) |

Number of text rows. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-rows-TEXTAREA"> rows attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

select | ( |  | self ) |

Select the contents of the TEXTAREA .

long selectionEnd | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the character offset of end of selection, or if none, the cursor position. NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

long selectionStart | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the character offset of beginning of selection, or if none, the cursor position. NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

setAccessKey | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.DOMString | a0
| ) |  |  |

see accessKey

setCols | ( | self, |
|  | long | a0
| ) |  |  |

see cols

setDefaultValue | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.DOMString | a0
| ) |  |  |

see defaultValue

setDisabled | ( | self, |
|  | bool | a0
| ) |  |  |

see disabled

setName | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.DOMString | a0
| ) |  |  |

see name

setReadOnly | ( | self, |
|  | bool | a0
| ) |  |  |

see readOnly

setRows | ( | self, |
|  | long | a0
| ) |  |  |

see rows

setSelectionEnd | ( | self, |
|  | long | offset
| ) |  |  |

Move the end of the selection (and the cursor) to the given offset in text NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

setSelectionRange | ( | self, |
|  | long | start,
|  | long | end
| ) |  |  |

Selects the text from start to end, and positions the cursor after the selection. NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

setSelectionStart | ( | self, |
|  | long | offset
| ) |  |  |

Move the beginning of the selection to the given offset in text NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

setTabIndex | ( | self, |
|  | long | a0
| ) |  |  |

see tabIndex

setValue | ( | self, |
|  | DOM.DOMString | a0
| ) |  |  |

see value

long tabIndex | ( |  | self ) |

Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex"> tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

long textLength | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the length of the text. NOTE: this method is not part of the DOM, but a Mozilla extension

DOM.DOMString type | ( |  | self ) |

The type of this form control.

DOM.DOMString value | ( |  | self ) |

The current textual content of the multi-line text field. If the entirety of the data can not fit into a single wstring, the implementation may truncate the data.