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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

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HTML DOM Input Text defaultValue property

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Input Text Object

Examples

Modify the default values in the text field:

. Document.getElementById ( "myText") defaultValue = "Goofy";

Definition and Usage

defaultValue property sets or returns the default value in the text field.

Note: The default value is the value specified in HTML "value" attribute.

Browser Support

All major browsers support defaultValue property.

grammar

Back defaultValue attributes:

textObject .defaultValue

Setting defaultValue property:

textObject .defaultValue = value

Property Value

value	description
value	It describes the default value of the text field

Technical details

return value:	String represents the default value of the text field

More examples

Examples

Gets the default value of the text field:

var x = document.getElementById ( "myText") defaultValue.;

x The output is:

Mickey

Input Text Object Reference

Input Text Object

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