HTML cols Attribute

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>
 
        <!-- Below textarea is assigned a cols value 25 

            That is, 25 characters will fit in a line -->

        <textarea rows="4" cols="25">

            A computer science portal for geeks.

        </textarea>

    </center>

</body>
 
</html>

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

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