Web Design in a Nutshell

Name

<textarea> — NN: 2, 3, 4 - MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 - HTML 4 - WebTV - Opera3

Synopsis

                     <textarea>...</textarea>
                  

Defines a multiline text-entry control. The text that is enclosed within the <textarea> tags will be displayed in the text-entry field when the form initially displays.

cols= number

Specifies the visible width of the text-entry field, measured in number of characters (required). Users may enter text lines that are longer than the provided width, in which case the entry will scroll to the right (or wrap if the browser provides some mechanism for doing so).

name= text

Specifies a name for the parameter to be passed to the form-processing application (required).

rows= number

Specifies the height of the text-entry field in numbers of lines of text (required). If the user enters more lines than are visible, the text field scrolls down to accommodate the extra lines.

wrap=off|virtual|physical

Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 2.0 and higher only. Sets word wrapping within the text area.

off turns word wrapping off; users must enter their own line returns.

virtual displays the wrap, but the line endings are not transmitted to the server.

physical displays and transmits line endingsto the server.

soft is the same as virtual.

hard is the same as physical.