Text areas
The textarea element.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Text areas</title>
<style>
body {
font: 100% arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
fieldset {
padding: 0 1em 1em 1em;
}
legend {
padding: 1em;
}
label {
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 7em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form action="someplace.php">
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact us</legend>
<div>
<label for="name">Name: </label>
<input name="name" id="name">
</div>
<div>
<label for="email">Email address: </label>
<input name="email" id="email">
</div>
<div>
<label for="message">Message: </label>
<textarea rows="10" cols="40" name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
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</body>
</html>