TEXTAREA multi-line text fields
TEXTAREA elements require start and end tags. The
content of the element is restricted to text and character entities. It
is used to initialize the text that is shown when the document is first
loaded.
Example:
<TEXTAREA NAME=address ROWS=4 COLS=40>
Your address here ...
</TEXTAREA>
It is recommended that user agents canonicalize line endings to
CR, LF (ASCII decimal 13, 10) when submitting the field's contents.
The character set for submitted data should be ISO Latin-1, unless
the server has previously indicated that it can support alternative
character sets.
- name
- This specifies a property name that is used to identify the textarea
field when the form is submitted to the server.
- rows
- Specifies the number of visible text lines. Users should be able
to enter more lines that this, so user agents should provide some
means to scroll through the contents of the textarea field when the
contents extend beyond the visible area.
- cols
- Specifies the visible width in average character widths. Users should
be able to enter longer lines that this, so user agents should provide
some means to scroll through the contents of the textarea field when the
contents extend beyond the visible area. User agents may wrap visible text
lines to keep long lines visible without the need for scrolling.