HTML | DOM Textarea required Property

Last Updated : 21 Jul, 2022

The DOM Textarea required Property is used to set or return the Whether that the input element must be filled out before submitting the Form. This Property is used to reflect the HTML required attribute.
Syntax:

It is used to Return the required property:

textareaObject.required

It is used to Set the required property:

textareaObject.required = true|false

Property Values

true: It specifies that the textarea field must be filled out before submitted the form.
false: It has a Default value. It specifies that the textarea field is not required part of the form.

Return Value: It returns a Boolean value which represents that the textarea field must be filled out or not before submitting the form.
Example-1: In HTML Program that illustrate how to return the required property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>DOM required textarea Property</title>
    <style>
        h1,
        h2 {
            color: green;
            font-style: italic;
        }
        
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM required textarea Property</h2>
  
    <form action="/action_page.php">
        <textarea id="GFG"
                  rows="7" 
                  cols="50" 
                  name="comment"
                  required>
        </textarea>
      
        <input type="submit">
    </form>
    <br>
    <br>
  
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
      Try it
    </button>

    <p id="sudo"></p>




    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
          
            // Return Textarea property
            var x = 
            document.getElementById("GFG").required;
          
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = 
              x;
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
Before Clicking On Try it Button:

After Clicking On Try it Button:

Example-2: In HTML Program that illustrate how to set the required property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>DOM required textarea Property</title>
    <style>
        h1,
        h2 {
            color: green;
            font-style: italic;
        }
        
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM required textarea Property</h2>
  
    <form action="/action_page.php">
        <textarea id="GFG"
                  rows="7"
                  cols="50"
                  name="comment">
        </textarea>
      
    <input type="submit">
    </form>
    <br>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
      Try it
    </button>

    <p id="sudo"></p>




    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
          
           // Set Textarea property.
           var x = 
           document.getElementById("GFG").required = 
            true;
          
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML =
             "Now the value of required attribute is set to True";
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>