HTMLTextAreaElement: textLength 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 textLength read-only property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface is a non-negative integer representing the number of characters, in UTF-16 code units, of the <textarea> element's value. It is a shortcut of accessing length on its value property.

Value

A non-negative integer.

Examples

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-textarea-textlength

Browser compatibility

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

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Full support
Full support

See also