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# HTML DOM Text Object

## Text Object

The Text object represents a text-input field in an HTML form.

For each instance of an <input type="text"> tag in an HTML form, a Text object is created.

You can access a text-input field by searching through the elements[] array of the form, or by using document.getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

### Text Object Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
accessKey | Sets or returns the keyboard key to access a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
alt | Sets or returns an alternate text to display if a browser does not support text fields | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
defaultValue | Sets or returns the default value of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
disabled | Sets or returns whether or not a text field should be disabled | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
form | Returns a reference to the form that contains the text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
id | Sets or returns the id of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
maxLength | Sets or returns the maximum number of characters in a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
name | Sets or returns the name of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
readOnly | Sets or returns whether or not a text field should be read-only | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
size | Sets or returns the size of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
tabIndex | Sets or returns the tab order for a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
type | Returns the type of form element a text field is | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
value | Sets or returns the value of the value attribute of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Standard Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
className | Sets or returns the class attribute of an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
dir | Sets or returns the direction of text | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
lang | Sets or returns the language code for an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
title | Sets or returns an element's advisory title | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Text Object Methods

Method | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
blur() | Removes focus from a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
focus() | Sets focus on a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
select() | Selects the content of a text field | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes

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