<textarea>

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Published Jan 27, 2023

The <textarea> element defines a box for multi-line plain-text input that is collected from the user.

Syntax

<textarea>
  <!-- Content here -->
</textarea>

Attributes are optional.

Attributes

Commonly used attributes are shown in the table below:

Attribute	Data Type	Description
`id`	String	Links to `<label>` element.
`name`	String	Name of the table.
`rows`	Integer	Define the initial rows number.
`cols`	Integer	Define the initial columns number.

When not given, the default value is 20 for cols and 2 for rows.

Example

The following example demonstrates <textarea> with several attributes defined and an associated <label> element:

<html>
  <head> </head>
  <body>
    <label for="textbox">Share your thoughts:</label>
    <textarea id="textbox" name="textbox" rows="1" cols="30">
        Okay, here's the situation...
    </textarea>
  </body>
</html>