<textarea>
| Browser |
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|---|---|
| Type |
The TEXTAREA element defines a multi-line text area.
<textarea name="example1" cols="50" rows="5"></textarea>
<textarea name="example2" cols="50" rows="5" wrap="hard">initial text</textarea>
| Attribute | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| name=" " | field name | a unique name for the field |
| cols=" " | number | the number of visible columns |
| rows=" " | number | the number of visible rows |
| wrap=" " (Extension) |
hard | the input text is wrapped (and the submitted text contains line breaks) |
| soft | the input text is wrapped (but the submitted text doesn't contain line breaks) |
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| off | the input text is not wrapped |
- name=""
- The field name is used to identify the form field.
- cols=""
- Specifies the number of visible columns in the text area. (The text area's width)
- rows=""
- Specifies the number of visible rows in the text area. (The text area's height)
- wrap=""
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The wrap attribute controls how the text should wrap at the end of lines.
hard : The input text is wrapped within the text area. (The text submitted to the server contains line breaks.)
soft : The input text is wrapped within the text area. (The text submitted to the server doesn't contain line breaks.)
off : The input text is not wrapped.
The initial text in the text area
The content of the TEXTAREA element is the text area's initial text.
<textarea name="example" cols="20" rows="3" wrap="hard">The initial text</textarea>
Example
<form method="POST" action="example.cgi">
<p>cols:30, rows:5<br>
<textarea name="comment1" cols="30" rows="5"></textarea></p>
<p>The initial text<br>
<textarea name="comment2" cols="30" rows="5">
The initial text
in the text area
</textarea></p>
</form>
- Output
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