HTML textarea tag

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The HTML textarea <textarea> tag used to create a text input area of unlimited length (multi-line text input control). By default, text in a textarea is rendered in a monospace or fixed-width font, and text areas are most often used within a parent <form> Tag.

<textarea> tag holds an unlimited number of characters and the texts are displayed in a fixed-width and height. You can fix the size of HTML Textarea using <cols> and <rows> attribute or it can also be defined through CSS height and width properties.

Syntax:

The <textarea> tag is written as <textarea></textarea> with any contents inserted between the start and end tags.

Program:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <title>HTML Textarea Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
 <h2>Example of Textarea Tag</h2>
<textarea rows="3" cols="20">
Enter your text here...
</textarea>
</html>

Output:

Result - HTML textarea tag