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HTML <textarea> Tag

Example

An HTML text area:

<textarea rows="4" cols="50">
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</textarea>

Definition and Usage

The <textarea> tag defines a multi-line text input control.

A text area can hold an unlimited number of characters, and the text renders in a fixed-width font (usually Courier).

The size of a text area can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or even better; through CSS' height and width properties.

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 has added several new attributes.