The rows attribute in HTML is used to specify the number of visible text lines for the control i.e the number of rows to display.
Note: This attribute is only applicable on <textarea>.
Syntax:
<textarea rows = "value">Text content...</textarea>
Attribute Values: It’s default value is 2. It contains a numeric value which specify the height of the textarea element.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >HTML rows Attribute</ title >
< style >
h1,
h2 {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 style = "color: green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >
HTML rows Attribute
</ h2 >
< textarea rows = "5" cols = "23" >
This paragraph has a number of rows equal to 5.
</ textarea >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by rows attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera 12.1 and above
- Safari 4 and above
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Last Updated :
31 Aug, 2022
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