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textArea element

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Creates a multiline text input control.
This control is one of the form controls.
The contents of the control can be submitted to a server if the following conditions are met:
  • A form element must contain the textarea element.
  • The action attribute of the container form must be set to the URL of the server.
  • The name attribute of the textarea element must be specified and non-empty.
When the container form is submitted, the name and the text content of the control are sent as a name/value pair.
If you need a single-line text input control, see the page for the input:text attribute.
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This element requires a closing tag.
JavaScript page for this element: textArea.

Possible members:

Attributes
Events
Styles
Pseudos
accessKey
Sets an access key to an element.
class
Sets the style class or classes that belong to the element.
cols
Specifies the width of a textArea, in characters.
contentEditable
3
Sets whether the contents of the object are editable.
dataFld
Specifies which field of a given data source should be bound to the specified object.
dataSrc
Sets the identifier of the data source that is bound to the element.
dir
Sets the text direction as related to the lang attribute.
DISABLED
Sets the state of an object for user interaction.
draggable
3.55
Sets whether an element is draggable.
HIDEFOCUS
Specifies whether a dotted rectangle (focus rectangle) is drawn around an object while it has focus.
id
Sets a unique identifier for the object.
lang
Specifies the language of the element.
language
Sets the scripting language for the current element. Use it only for the script element.
name
Sets the name of a form control that affects the contents of the message submitted to the server.
READONLY
Sets whether the contents of the element are changeable.
rows
Sets the number of visible rows within a textArea element.
spellcheck
Sets whether the automatic spellchecker is enabled.
style
Sets an inline style associated with an element.
tabIndex
Specifies the tabbing order for keyboard navigation using the TAB key.
title
Specifies a tooltip for an element.
unSelectable
Sets whether the selection process can start in an element's content.
wrap
Specifies the word wrapping behavior.
xml:lang
Sets the language code of the XML document.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the textarea element:
<form method="post" action="#URL#">
    Message:<br />
    <textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="5">Test message</textarea>
    <br /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
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