HTML | rows Attribute

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>
 
        <!-- Below Textarea element has rows 

            attribute assigned to 5 -->

        <textarea rows="5" cols="23">

            This paragraph has a number of rows equal to 5.

        </textarea>

    </center>

</body>
 
</html>

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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