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Textarea In HTML

In this article, we will discuss textarea in HTML

Purpose

Purpose of textarea is to create multiline textbox in HTML.

Syntax

<textarea></textarea>

Example

<html>
   <head>
      <title>textarea Demo</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <form>
         <textarea></textarea>
      </form>
   </body>
</html>

Output

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Cols And Rows Attribute In Textarea

In textarea we can define cols and rows property to configure length and width of textarea.

Cols – cols attribute is used to configure width of the textarea

rows – rows attribute is used to configure length of the textarea

Syntax

<textarea cols="" rows=""></textarea>

Example

<html>
   <head>
      <title>textarea Demo</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <form>
         <textarea cols="20" rows="20"></textarea>
      </form>
   </body>
</html>

Output

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera	Edge
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Sunday, November 6, 2016

Updated On -	Sunday, December 3, 2017

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