HTML Textarea Tag

In HTML, to create a multi-line plain editing control <textarea> tag is used.

• The <textarea> tag is useful when you want to allow users to enter a sizeable amount of free-form text, for example, a comment on a review or feedback form.
• The <textarea> tag also accepts several attributes common to form <input>s, such as autocomplete, autofocus, disabled, placeholder, readonly, and required.
• Also, this is an Inline element.
• To specify the size of textarea; we use cols and rows attributes of <textarea> tag.
• It is recommended to give labels using <label> tag to a textarea.

The <textarea> element requires the start(opening) tag and end(closing) tag.

Following is the syntax for using the textarea tag in your HTML code:

<textarea>
...content here
</textarea>

The <textarea> tag supports both global and event attributes and some of the common attributes are given below.

Below we have a basic example showing how we use the HTML textarea tag.

Following browsers support this attribute:

• Google Chrome 6.0+
• Internet Explorer 9.0+
• Firefox 4+
• Opera 11.1+
• Safari 5.0+