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cols attribute (textarea)

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Specifies the width of a textArea, in characters.
The width is determined by the average character width. You can set the dimensions of the textArea with the width and the height style properties.
JavaScript page for this attribute: cols. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

Integer that sets the width in characters.
Default: 20.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the cols attribute:
<textarea cols="40">
    The cols attribute of the textarea element sets the width of the object.
</textarea>
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