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  4. required

HTMLTextAreaElement: required 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 required property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface specifies that the user must fill in a value before submitting a form. It reflects the <textarea> element's required attribute.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-textarea-required

Browser compatibility

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