HTMLTextAreaElement: disabled property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The disabled property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface indicates whether this multi-line text control is disabled and cannot be interacted with. It reflects the <textarea> element's disabled attribute. When false, this textarea may still be disabled if its containing element, such as a <fieldset>, is disabled.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js
const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
if (commentsDisabled) {
  textareaElement.disabled = true;
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-fe-disabled

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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