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HTML TextArea Element

The <TEXTAREA> element is very similar to the <INPUT> text box but allows multiple lines to be entered. There also is a distinction between defining an INPUT and TEXTAREA element - the INPUT element's value is defined using the value attribute, while the TEXTAREA element is a container whose value is defined by its contents:

  <TEXTAREA>
    Initial Contents
  </TEXTAREA>
  <INPUT TYPE="text" VALUE="Initial Contents">

The size of the textarea control is defined by the rows and cols attributes. Also, similar to the INPUT element you can disable and make the contents of the text area read only. You can experiment with these different attributes below: ^{IE4 Only}

<TEXTAREA>
  Sample Text
</TEXTAREA>

<TEXTAREA ROWS=5 COLS=15>
  Sample Text
</TEXTAREA>

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