Which tag can be used to control the editing for multi-line plain-text in HTML ?
In this article we will discuss the HTML tag that is used to control the editing for multi-line plain-text in HTML.
The <textarea> tag in HTML defines a multi-line plain-text editing control. It will be created with n rows and n columns. so we can say that the size of the text area will depend upon the number of rows and the number of columns.
Total textarea can be calculate using below formula:
textarea = number_of_rows * number_of_columns
Syntax:
<textarea>Your_Text...</textarea>
Example 1: In this example we are going to create a text area with 5 rows and 5 columns and a button named submit.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < body > < h1 >w3wiki - textarea</ h1 > < form action = "#" > < textarea rows = "5" cols = "5" > Hi Geek </ textarea > < br > < input type = "submit" value = "submit" > </ form > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Example 2: In this example we are going to create a text area with 10 rows and 20 columns with name and required property set to true.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < body > < h1 >w3wiki - textarea</ h1 > < form action = "#" > < textarea rows = "10" cols = "20" name = "demo text" required = "true" > Hi Geek </ textarea > < br > < input type = "submit" value = "submit" > </ form > </ body > </ html > |
Output: