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We know that we can create input types that allow single lines of text input, but sometimes we want to allow multiple lines of text input.
Thankfully, the web already has a built-in way to create multi-line text input fields.
In this post, we'll learn how to create a multi-line text input field in HTML.
How to create multi-line text boxes in HTML
To create a multi-line text input field in HTML, we need to use the <textarea>
tag.
This tag will create a box that allows multiple lines of text input, as desired:
HTML<textarea></textarea>
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You can adjust how many columns and rows are allowed in this box by applying the cols
and rows
attributes to the <textarea>
tag.
HTML<textarea cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>
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Now, this textarea supports 30 columns and 10 rows.
Conclusion
In this post, we learned how to create a multi-line text input field in HTML.
Simply use the <textarea>
tag and optionally apply cols
and rows
attributes to it to control the number of columns and rows allowed in the textarea.
Thanks for reading!
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