HTML textarea Tag

The HTML textarea tag is used within a form to declare a textarea element - a control that allows the user to input text over multiple rows.

Example


<textarea rows="3" cols="40">
  Textarea provides space for as many characters as you like.
</textarea>

The above code produces the following input controls:

Attributes:

Attributes specific to this tag:
Attribute	Description
name	Assigns a name to the input control.
rows	Specifies the height of the textarea based on the number of visible lines of text. If there's more text than this allows, users can scroll using the textarea's scrollbars.
cols	Specifies the width of the textarea based on the number of visible character widths.
Other Attributes:
Attribute	Description
class	Document wide identifier.
id	Document wide identifier
dir	Specifies the direction of the text
lang	Language code
title	Specifies a title to associate with the element. Many browsers will display this when the cursor hovers over the element (similar to a "tool tip").
style	Inline style (CSS)
readonly	Sets the textarea to read-only - it won't allow the user to change the value. The textarea however, can receive focus and is included when tabbing through the form controls.
disabled	Disables the input control. The button won't accept changes from the user. It also cannot receive focus and will be skipped when tabbing.
tabindex	Helps determine the tabbing order (when the user 'tabs' through the elements on the page).
onfocus	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onblur	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onselect	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onchange	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onclick	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
ondbclick	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmousedown	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseup	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseover	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmousemove	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseout	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeypress	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeydown	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeyup	Intrinsic event (see event handlers)

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