value

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();

Parameters

value String

The value to set.

Returns

String the value of the widget.

Example - trigger the change event after setting the value

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

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

Example - set and get the value of the widget

<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>