Textarea

End Tag: Required
Support Key: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1 | O2.1		 What is it?
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What is it?
The TEXTAREA element indicates a multi-line text entry field. The contents between the beginning and end TEXTAREA tags represent the initial contents of the field in the browser.

Common Attributes
%Core%
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE3 | M | N | O
%Events%
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE3 | M | N2 | O3
%Language%
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4 | M | N | O
%Data%
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4 | M | N | O

Specific Attributes
Accesskey
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
Required? No
Description:
This is a method of giving access/focus to an active HTML element using a keyboard character. This is a common GUI paradigm also known as a "keyboard shortcut" or "keyboard accelerator" A single character is used as the value of this attribute. In addition, a platform-dependent key is usually used in combination with the ACCESSKEY character to access the functionality of the active field.
Values:
A single, case-insensitive alphanumeric character from a browser's character set.
Cols
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1 | O2.1
Required? Yes
Description:
This attribute indicates the visible number of columns in the Textarea field.
Values: Positive integers
Disabled
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
Required? No
Description:
This is a stand-alone attribute which indicates the element is initially non-functional.
Values: NA
Name
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1 | O2.1
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
Readonly
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
Required? No
Description:
This is a stand-alone attribute which tells the browser that content in the field may not be modified by the reader.
Values: NA
Rows
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE1 | M2A2 | N1 | O2.1
Required? Yes
Description:
This attribute indicates the visible number of rows in the Textarea field.
Values: Positive integers
Tabindex
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
Required? No
Description:
"Tabbing" is a method of giving access/focus to an active HTML element using a standard keyboard sequence. All the active elements in a document can be cycled through using this sequence (ex: Windows TAB key.) The order of the active elements in this cycle is usually the order they occur in the document, but the TABINDEX attribute allows a different order to be established. The use of this attribute should create the following tabbing order cycle if the browser supports the attribute:
  1. Active elements using the TABINDEX attribute with positive integers are navigated first. Low values are navigated first.
  2. Active elements not specifying any TABINDEX attribute
Those elements carrying a DISABLED attribute or using negative TABINDEX values do not participate in the tabbing cycle.
Values: Positive or negative integers.
Wrap
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4 | M | N2 | O
Required? No
Description:
This attribute indicates word-wrapping behavior for display and submitted data from the Textarea field.
Values:
   Off - No word wrapping to the textarea window occurs - if lines extend beyond the width of the textarea they will not wrap. Lines are sent exactly as typed. DEFAULT in Netscape
   Soft - Text is displayed with wordwrapping to the textarea enabled, but these wrap points are not transmitted upon submittal as returns/linefeeds. DEFAULT in Internet Explorer
   Hard - Text is displayed with wordwrapping to the textarea enabled, and these wrap points are preserved upon submittal.
Example
<form>
<textarea NAME="foo" ROWS="3" COLS="40">
Default TEXTAREA value goes here
</textarea>
</form>
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%Text%
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