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HTML Tag: textarea

A multi-row text area form element. The initial value of the text area can be placed in between the opening and closing tags.

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Required Attributes

  • rows is used to define the number of viewable rows.
  • cols is used to specify the number of viewable columns.

Optional Attributes

  • name can be used so that the value of the element can be processed.
  • disabled can be used to disable the element. It must be used in the format disabled="disabled".
  • readonly can be used to specify that the value of the element can not be changed. It must be used in the format readonly="readonly".
  • accesskey can be used to associate a keyboard shortcut to the element.
  • tabindex can be used to specify where the element appears in the tab order of the page.
  • Common attributes

Example


<form action="somescript.php" />
	<p>Your address</p>
	<div><textarea name="address"cols="30" rows="4"></textarea></div>
	<div><input type="submit" /></div>
</form>