Name

COLS — NN all IE all HTML all

Synopsis

COLS=”columnCount"

Optional

The width of the editable space of the TEXTAREA element. The value represents the number of monofont characters that are to be displayed within the width. When the font size can be influenced by style sheets, the actual width changes accordingly.

Example

<TEXTAREA COLS=40></TEXTAREA>

Value

Any positive integer.

Default

Varies with browser and operating system.

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.formName.elementName.cols

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].cols

[window.]document.all.elementID.cols

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