TEXT AREA

textarea

A multi-row text area form element. The initial value of the text area can be placed in between the opening and closing tags.

Required Attributes

• rows is used to define the number of viewable rows.
• cols is used to specify the number of viewable columns.

Optional Attributes

• name can be used so that the value of the element can be processed.
• disabled can be used to disable the element. It must be used in the format disabled="disabled".
• readonly can be used to specify that the value of the element can not be changed. It must be used in the format readonly="readonly".
• accesskey can be used to associate a keyboard shortcut to the element.
• tabindex can be used to specify where the element appears in the tab order of the page.

Example

<form action="somescript.php" />

        <p>Your address</p>

        <div><textarea name="address"cols="30" rows="4"></textarea></div>

        <div><input type="submit" /></div>

</form>