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<textarea>
Function Creates a multiline text-input area
accesskey , class , cols , dir , disabled , id , lang ,
name , notab , onBlur , onChange , onClick ,
onDblClick , onFocus , onKeyDown , onKeyPress ,
onKeyUp , onMouseDown , onMouseMove , onMouseOut ,
onMouseOver , onMouseUp , onSelect , readonly ,
rows , style , tabindex , taborder
Attributes
, title , wrap
</textarea> ; never omitted
End tag
Contains
plain_text
Used in
form_content
9.7.1.1. The rows and cols attributes
A multiline text-input area stands alone onscreen: body content flows
above and below, but not around it. You can control its dimensions,
however, by defining the cols and rows attributes for the visible rectan-
gular area set aside by the browser for multiline input. We suggest you
set these attributes. The common browsers have a habit of setting aside
the smallest, least readable region possible for <textarea> input, and the
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