The defaultValue property contains the text between the beginning and ending tags.</p><p>This property is often used to reset areas to their default values after a user has modified them.</p><pre><html> <head> <script language=<font color='#2a00ff'>"JavaScript"</font>> <!-- function resetForm(){ document.myForm.myTextArea.value = document.myForm.myTextArea.defaultValue; } --> </script> </head> <body> <b>Edit the text in the following text box:</b> <P> <form name=<font color='#2a00ff'>"myForm"</font>> <textarea name=<font color='#2a00ff'>"myTextArea"</font> rows=6 cols=50> Here is some text in my text area. </textarea> <input type=BUTTON value=<font color='#2a00ff'>"Click to Reset"</font> name=<font color='#2a00ff'>"myButton"</font> onClick=<font color='#2a00ff'>"resetForm()"</font>> </form> </body> </html> </pre><TABLe><TBODY> <TR><TD align=left><br/><br/><br/><br/><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client="pub-1130008796007602";google_ad_width=300;google_ad_height=250;google_ad_format="300x250_as";google_ad_type="text_image";google_ad_channel="";google_color_border="ffffff";google_color_bg="FFFFFF";google_color_link="0077cc";google_color_url="0077cc";google_color_text="000000"; //--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></TD> </tr><tr><td><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client="pub-1130008796007602";google_ad_width=300;google_ad_height=250;google_ad_format="300x250_as";google_ad_type="text_image";google_ad_channel="";google_color_border="ffffff";google_color_bg="FFFFFF";google_color_link="0077cc";google_color_url="0077cc";google_color_text="000000"; //--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br/><br/><br/><br/></td></TR></TBODY></TABLE><table class='table'><tr><td colSpan=5>10.16.TextArea</td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.1.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textarea.htm">Textarea</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.2.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareablur.htm">Textarea.blur()</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.3.</td><td align=left>Textarea.defaultValue</td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.4.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareafocus.htm">Textarea.focus()</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.5.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareaform.htm">Textarea.form</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.6.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareahandleEvent.htm">Textarea.handleEvent()</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.7.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareaname.htm">Textarea.name</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.8.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonBlur.htm">Textarea.onBlur</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.9.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonChange.htm">Textarea.onChange</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.10.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonFocus.htm">Textarea.onFocus</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.11.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonKeyDown.htm">Textarea.onKeyDown</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.12.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonKeyPress.htm">Textarea.onKeyPress</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.13.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonKeyUp.htm">Textarea.onKeyUp</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.14.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/TextareaonSelect.htm">Textarea.onSelect</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.15.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareaselect.htm">Textarea.select()</a></td></tr><tr class=even><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.16.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareatype.htm">Textarea.type</a></td></tr><tr class=odd><td width=20></td><td width=50>10.16.17.</td><td align=left><A href="/Tutorial/JavaScript/0200__Form/Textareavalue.htm">Textarea.value</a></td></tr></table></div></div><footer><p class='pull-right'><a href='http://www.java2s.com/'>java2s.com</a> | © Demo Source and Support. All rights reserved.</p></footer></div></body></html>