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1. The HTML DOM API
2. HTMLTextAreaElement
3. Instance properties
   1. autocomplete
   2. cols
   3. defaultValue
   4. dirName
   5. disabled
   6. form
   7. labels
   8. maxLength
   9. minLength
   10. name
   11. placeholder
   12. readOnly
   13. required
   14. rows
   15. selectionDirection
   16. selectionEnd
   17. selectionStart
   18. textLength
   19. type
   20. validationMessage
   21. validity
   22. value
   23. willValidate
   24. wrap
4. Instance methods
   1. checkValidity()
   2. reportValidity()
   3. select()
   4. setCustomValidity()
   5. setRangeText()
   6. setSelectionRange()
5. Events
   1. select
   2. selectionchange
6. Inheritance
   1. HTMLElement
   2. Element
   3. Node
   4. EventTarget
7. Related pages for HTML DOM
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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.

A boolean.

js

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

• <textarea>
• HTMLTextAreaElement.validity
• :required pseudo-class

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