Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Textarea form Property

The form property gets the form that contains the textarea.

Browser Support


`form`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

var v = textareaObject.form

Return Value

A reference to the form element containing the textarea. If the textarea is not in a form, null is returned.

Example

The following code shows how to get the id of the form containing the textarea.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--from  w w w.j a  v  a  2s .  c o  m-->
<form id="myForm">
<textarea id="myTextarea" rows="4" cols="50">
this is a test
</textarea>
</form>
<button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").form.id;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

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