HTML DOM Input Text size Property

# Input Text size Property

Input Text Object

## Example

Set the width of a text field:

document.getElementById("myText").size = "50";
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## Definition and Usage

The size property sets or returns the value of the size attribute of a text field.

The size attribute specifies the width of a text field (in number of characters).

The default value is 20.

Tip: To set or return the maximum number of characters allowed in the password field, use the maxLength property.

## Browser Support

The size property is supported in all major browsers.

## Syntax

Return the size property:

textObject.size

Set the size property:

textObject.size=number

## Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---
number | Specifies the width of the text field, in characters. Default value is 20

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A Number, representing the width of the text field, in number of characters

## More Examples

## Example

Get the width of a text field:

var x = document.getElementById("myText").size;

The result of x will be:

30
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## Related Pages

HTML reference: HTML <input> size attribute

Input Text Object

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