<textarea>

The textarea tag designates a multi-line text input, often used in a form to collect user input such as comments.

Syntax

The <textarea>‘s size is set using the cols and rows attributes.

<label for="example">Example text area</label>

<textarea id="example" name="example" rows="8" cols="40">
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</textarea>

Attributes

autofocus

Designates whether the <textarea> should automatically get focus upon page load or not.

cols
Provides the width in pixels of the <textarea>.

dirname
Designates whether the <textarea> text direction will be submitted or not.

disabled
Designates whether the <textarea> should be disabled.

form
Designates the form id that the <textarea> belongs to.

maxlength
Determines the maximum amount of characters allowed in the <textarea> element.

name
Provides the name of the <textarea> element. Required for the data from the <textarea> to be submitted with the form.

placeholder
Provides a hint description of the expected value for the <textarea> element.

readonly
Designates that the <textarea> element is read-only.

required
Designates that the <textarea> element must be filled out before the form will be submitted.

rows
Numerical value of the number of lines in the <textarea>.

wrap
Designates how text in the <textarea> should be wrapped when the form is submitted. Possible values: hard or soft.

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Demos

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