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Value

methods

Gets or sets the value of the widget.

Important: This method does not trigger the change event.

This can affect MVVM value binding. The model bound to the widget will not be updated. You can overcome this behavior triggering the change event manually using trigger("change") method.

Important: This method does not trigger the focusout event of the textarea.

This can affect the floating label functionality. To overcome this behavior, manually invoke the refresh method of the Floating Label: $("#textarea").data("kendoTextArea").floatingLabel.refresh();

value

Parameters:valueString

The value to set.

Returns:String

the value of the widget.

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    var textarea = $("#description").kendoTextArea().data('kendoTextArea');

    textarea.value("new value");
    textarea.trigger("change");
</script>

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    var textarea = $("#description").kendoTextArea({
        value: "a very good description"
    }).data('kendoTextArea');
    var value = textarea.value();

/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
    console.log(value); // Displays "a very good description"
    textarea.value("even better description");
    value = textarea.value();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
    console.log(value); // Displays "even better description"
</script>