The cols attribute in HTML is used to tell the browser how many average-width characters should fit on a single line i.e. the number of columns to display.
Note: This attribute is only applicable on <textarea> and <frameset>.
Syntax:
<textarea cols = "value">Text content...</textarea>
Attribute Values: It has a default value which is 20. It contains a numeric value that represents the width of the textarea element.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >HTML cols Attribute</ title >
< style >
h1,
h2 {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 style = "color: green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >
HTML cols Attribute
</ h2 >
< textarea rows = "4" cols = "25" >
A computer science portal for geeks.
</ textarea >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by cols attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera 12.1 and above
- Apple Safari 4 and above
Last Updated :
02 Aug, 2023
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