Question #291   Submitted by Answiki on 12/11/2020 at 08:06:56 PM UTC

In HTML, how to create a multi-line text input field?

Answer   Submitted by Answiki on 12/11/2020 at 08:05:35 PM UTC

The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control in browser. The following code creates a text area with 4 lines of approximately 33 characters:

<textarea rows="5" cols="33">Default text</textarea>

Depending on you browser, the previous code should display something like:

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Question by Answiki 12/11/2020 at 08:07:12 PM
In HTML, how to create a multi-line text input?
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In HTML, how to create a multi-line text input area?
Question by Answiki 12/11/2020 at 08:06:56 PM
In HTML, how to create a multi-line text input field?
Answer by Answiki on 12/11/2020 at 08:05:35 PM

The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control in browser. The following code creates a text area with 4 lines of approximately 33 characters:

<textarea rows="5" cols="33">Default text</textarea>

Depending on you browser, the previous code should display something like:

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How to create a HTML textarea ?
Answer by Answiki on 12/11/2020 at 07:57:55 PM

The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control in browser. The following code creates a text area with 4 lines of 33 characters:

<textarea rows="5" cols="33">Default text</textarea>

Depending on you browser, the previous code should display something like:

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