It appears that there is a _DOM_ attribute &quot;type&quot; [1], but not a _content_ attribute &quot;type&quot; [2].<br><br>[1] <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#HTML-HTMLTextAreaElement-type">http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#HTML-HTMLTextAreaElement-type
</a><br>[2] <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Garrett Smith
</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com">dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 9/13/07, Ian Hickson &lt;<a href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">ian@hixie.ch</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Garrett Smith wrote:<br>&lt;snipola&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; (WF2 is just a delta spec, it doesn&#39;t define anything that is already in
<br>&gt; HTML4 and DOM2 HTML. When WF2 is merged with the rest of HTML5, it will be<br>&gt; turned into a real spec.)<br>&gt;<br><br>There isn&#39;t any type attribute on Textarea though, is there?<br><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7">
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.7</a><br><br>Boy will I feel dumb if I&#39;ve been missing something all this time :/<br><br>-g<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Ian Hickson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; U+1047E&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)\._.,--....,&#39;``.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fL
<br>&gt; <a href="http://ln.hixie.ch/">http://ln.hixie.ch/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; U+263A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/,&nbsp;&nbsp; _.. \&nbsp;&nbsp; _\&nbsp;&nbsp;;`._ ,.<br>&gt; Things that are impossible just take longer.&nbsp;&nbsp; `._.-(,_..&#39;--(,_..&#39;`-.;.&#39;<br>&gt;<br><br>
<br>--<br>Programming is a collaborative art.<br></blockquote></div><br>