HTML <textarea> tag represents multiline input control. Also see the HTML <input> tag that is used to define single line text control.
HTML textarea Tag Sample Code
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML/HTML5 textarea Tag with Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<textarea>
This is the default example of HTML textarea control
and it is draggable by default
</textarea>
<textarea cols="50" rows="5" style="resize: none;">
This is the fixed size example of HTML textarea control
and disable draggable feature via CSS resize attribute
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
HTML textarea Tag Sample Result
Note: Use cols and rows attributes to create fixed size textarea control. You can also use style=”resize: none;” to disable textarea control to draggable.
Tag Specific Attributes Support
Following are textarea tag attributes that are supported by <textarea> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cols | numbers | Represents the number of columns for the textarea just similar as the width attribute of the CSS |
| rows | numbers | Represents the number of rows for the textarea just similar as the height attribute of the CSS |
| maxlength | numbers | Represents the allowed maximum length for the textarea |
| name | name | Represents the a name for the textarea |
| readonly | readonly | Represents whether textarea control is readonly or not on page load |
| wrap | hard soft |
Represents wrapped text for the textarea |
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <textarea> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <textarea> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
| id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
| style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
| title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <textarea> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <textarea> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
| ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
| onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
| onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
| onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
| onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
| onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
| onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |
