Textarea
 
End Tag: Required
Support Key: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1 		What is it?
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What is it?
The TEXTAREA tag indicates a multi-line text entry field. The contents between the begin and end TEXTAREA tag represent the initial contents of the field in the browser.
Attributes
Cols
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1
Required? Yes
Description:
This attribute indicates the visible number of columns in the Textarea field.
Values: Positive integers
Name
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1
Required? Yes
Description:
This is a required attribute that associates a symbolic name to the field for submittal to the form processing script.
Values: Alphanumeric characters
Rows
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1
Required? Yes
Description:
This attribute indicates the visible number of rows in the Textarea field.
Values: Positive integers
Wrap
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE | M | N2
Required? No
Description:
This attribute indicates word-wrapping rules inside the Textarea field box.
Values:
   Off - No word wrapping. Lines are sent exactly as typed. DEFAULT
   Virtual - Display word-wraps, but long lines are sent as one line without newline characters.
   Physical - Display word-wraps and the text is transmitted at all wrap points.

Event Handler Attributes
[For more information on Event Handlers, please see the SCRIPT page.]
onBlur
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N2B3
Required? No
Description:
A blur Event Handler executes Script code when a Textarea field in a form loses focus.
Values: Script statements or an external function call.
onChange
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N2B3
Required? No
Description:
A change Event Handler executes Script code when a Textarea field loses focus and its value has been modified. This Event Handler is used to validate data after it is modified by a user.
Values: Script statements or an external function call.
onFocus
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N2B3
Required? No
Description:
A focus Event Handler executes Script code when a Textarea field receives input focus by tabbing with the keyboard or clicking with the mouse. Selecting within a field results in a onSelect event, not a onFocus event.
Values: Script statements or an external function call.
onSelect
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N2B3
Required? No
Description:
A select Event Handler executes Script code when a user selects some of the text within a textarea field.
Values: Script statements or an external function call.

Style Sheet Attributes
[More on Cascading Style Sheets]
Class
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N4B2
Required? No
Description:
This represents an assigned semantic classification grouping(s) for the current tag.
Values:
Given as a comma separated list of alphanumeric characters. Class names may contain spaces (multiple consecutive spaces treated as a single space.)
ID
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N4B2
Required? No
Description:
This assigns an alpha-numeric identifier that is unique to this tag instance. Style sheets may use this attribute to reference the current instance of this tag. Hyperlinks may also use this identifier to serve as a destination.
Values:
An alphanumeric string - initial character must be a letter followed by alphabetic characters, digits, "-" or "." characters. The allowable set of alpha-characters is restricted to the A-Z and a-z set.
Style
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N4B3
Required? No
Description:
This attribute is a text string that provides rendering style information for the current tag.
Values:
Please see the description of inline styles for more information on how to use this attribute and its possible values.
Example
<form>
<textarea NAME="foo" ROWS="3" COLS="40">
Default TEXTAREA value goes here
</textarea>
</form>
Parent Model
<form>
Content Model
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