The HTML <textarea> tag is used to specify a multiline input control text area in HTML5. The <cols> and <rows> attributes specify size of a textarea.
Syntax
<textarea rows="" cols=""> Contents... </textarea>
The <textarea> tag contains 5 attributes that are listed below:
- cols: It specifies width of textarea.
- rows: It specifies height of textarea.
- name: It holds the name to input control.
- maxlength or minlength: It specifies the maximum or minimum number of characters in textarea.
- placeholder: It specifies the hint of the value of textarea.
Example 1:
In this example, we will set the rows, and cols attribute to create a multiline control input textarea.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<body>
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<textarea rows="10" cols="20">
welcome to GeeksforGeeks Aman Rathod.
A perfect Portal for Geeks
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2: In this example, we will set the number of characters allowed in the input textarea.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<body>
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<textarea minlenght="100" maxlength="300"
placeholder="Give Feedback here">
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
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Output: