HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
included, text will still wrap under Internet Explorer, but older versions of Netscape,
notably Netscape 4, will scroll horizontally in the text box. Given this problem, even though
it is nonstandard, it may be a good idea to include the
wrap
attribute. HTML5 reintroduces
this attribute with the values of
hard
and
soft
. Use of this attribute assumes that the
cols
attribute has been set properly.
Examples
<textarea id="CommentBox" cols="40" rows="8">
Default text in field
</textarea>
<textarea name="comment" id="comment" rows="10" cols="40" wrap="hard"
align="center">
</textarea>
Compatibility
HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5
XHTML 1.0, 1.1, Basic
Firefox 1+, Internet Explorer 2+,
Netscape 1+, Opera 4+, Safari 1+
Notes
• Any text between the
<textarea>
and
</textarea>
tags is rendered as the default
entry for the form control. Content within a
textarea
element is not interpreted, so
white space is preserved and tags themselves are ignored.
• The
textarea
element traditionally lacks a
maxlength
attribute, which causes a
more obvious security risk. The HTML5 specification does introduce a
maxlength
value to restrict the number of characters that may be entered. However, it should
be noted that all client-side form validations should be assumed as user
conveniences only and not security, as they may be easily removed by malicious
users.
• A
<textarea>
tag cannot be a descendent of an
a
(anchor) or
button
element.
• The HTML 4.01 specification reserves the
datafld
and
datasrc
attributes for
future use with the
textarea
element.
• The HTML 2.0 and 3.2 specifications define only the
cols
,
name
, and
rows
attributes for this element.
<tfoot> (Table Footer)
This element is used to group the rows within the footer of a table so that common
alignment and style defaults can easily be set for numerous cells. This element might be
particularly useful when setting a common footer for tables that are dynamically generated.
Standard Syntax
<tfoot
align="center | char | justify | left | right"
char="character"
charoff="offset"
