HTML DOM Input Text size attribute
Examples
Set the size of the text field (in order to count the number of characters):
document.getElementById ( "myText") size = "50".;
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Definition and Usage
size property sets or returns the size property values in the text field.
size property sets or returns the size of the text field (in order to count the number of characters).
The default value is 20.
Tip: If you want to set or to return the number of characters allowed to enter the password field, use the maxLength property.
Browser Support
All major browsers support the size attribute
grammar
Returns size properties:
textObject .size
Set size properties:
textObject .size = number
Property Value
| Value < | description |
|---|---|
| number | Track the size of the text field, in characters. The default value is 20. |
Technical details
| return value: | Number that represents the size of the text field, in characters |
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More examples
Examples
Get the size of the text field:
. Var x = document.getElementById ( "myText") size;
x The output is:
30
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Related Pages
HTML Reference Manual: HTML <the INPUT> size attributes
Input Text Object