HTML | <textarea> cols Attribute
The HTML <textarea> cols Attribute 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.
It is used to specify the visible width of the <Textarea> Element.
Syntax:
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<textarea cols="number">
Attribute Values: It contains the value i.e number which specifies the width of the Textarea. It has a Default value which is 20.
Example:
<!-- HTML program to illustrate cols attribute --> <!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <title> HTML Textarea cols Attribute </title> <style> h1, h2 { text-align: center; } </style></head> <body style="text-align:center;"> <h1 style="color: green;"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <h2> HTML <textarea>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></body> </html> |
Output :
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <Textarea> cols Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
