HTML <textarea> Tag
The <textarea> tag in HTML is used to specify a multi-line input control. It allows to insertion of multiple-line text in a form. The size of this tag can also be specified, and to serve this purpose we can either use the “rows” or “cols” attribute or we can use CSS.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <form> Message:<br><br> <textarea rows="5" cols="30"></textarea> </form> </body> </html>
Explanation:
In the above example, we created a five rows and 30 columns text area field.
Tag specific Attributes:
| Attribute | Value | Uses |
| autofocus | autofocus | Used to indicate that a text area should automatically focus on page loading. |
| cols | number | Used to define the visible width of a text area. |
| dirname | textareaname.dir | Used to indicate that the text direction of the text area will be submitted. |
| disabled | disabled | Used to indicate that a text area should be disabled. |
| form | form_id | Used to define the form or forms to which the text area belongs. |
| maxlength | number | Used to define the maximum number of characters allowed in the text area. |
| name | text | Used to define a name for a text area. |
| placeholder | text | Used to define a short hint to specify the expected value of a text area. |
| readonly | readonly | Used to define that the text area is of read-only type. |
| required | required | Used to define that the text area is required and should be filled out. |
| rows | number | Used to define the number of lines that are visible in a text area. |
| wrap | hard
soft |
Used to determine the way in which the text in a text area is to be wrapped when submitted in a form. |
Global Attributes:
The HTML Global attributes are supported by the HTML <textarea> tag.
Event Attributes:
The HTML Event attributes are supported by the HTML <textarea> tag.
Supporting Browser:
Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.