HTML Reference Guide

<TEXTAREA> ... </TEXTAREA> FORM TEXT AREA

Description:

Use the text area tag to make the place to input information on a form much larger than the normal one line textbox.

Attributes:

name -identifies the field or variable name; must be included.

value - identifies the default value for the variable when sent to the CGI program. This can also be specified as "hidden" to send information that you do not want the user seeing.

rows - defines how long the text area will be (length in text lines).

cols - defines how wide the text area will be (length in characters).

wrap - tells how you would like the text to wrap within the text area.

Example code:

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="comments" ROWS=4 COLS=50>
Enter your comments here!
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

Result:

Enter your comments here!

See Also:

Forms
Input
Textarea