HTML <textarea> disabled Attribute

Example

<form action="action.php">
  <textarea disabled name="textareaText">Hello world!</textarea>

  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

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Meaning

The disabled attribute is used to turn off a form control.

Elements will not be submitted, nor can they receive any focus from the keyboard or mouse.

Disabled form controls will not be part of the tabbing order. The browser also can gray out the form that is disabled, to indicate to the user that the form control is inactive.

Standard Syntax

HTML: <textarea disabled>...</textarea>

XHTML: <textarea disabled="disabled">...</textarea>

Attribute Values