HTML <textarea> tag
Browser Support
All major browsers support <textarea> tag.
Tag definitions and instructions
<Textarea> tag defines a multi-line text input control.
Text area can hold an unlimited amount of text, the default font in which the text is monospaced font (usually Courier).
It can be predetermined by the size of textarea cols and rows attributes, but a better approach is to use the CSS height and width attributes.
Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
HTML5 adds some new properties.
Attributes
New: HTML5 new property.
| 属性 | 值 | 描述 |
|---|---|---|
| autofocus New | autofocus | 规定当页面加载时，文本区域自动获得焦点。 |
| cols | number | 规定文本区域内可见的列数。 |
| disabled | disabled | 规定禁用文本区域。 |
| form New | form_id | 定义文本区域所属的一个或多个表单。 |
| maxlength New | number | 规定文本区域允许的最大字符数。 |
| name | text | 规定文本区域的名称。 |
| placeholder New | text | 规定一个简短的提示，描述文本区域期望的输入值。 |
| readonly | readonly | 规定文本区域为只读。 |
| required New | required | 规定文本区域是必需的/必填的。 |
| rows | number | 规定文本区域内可见的行数。 |
| wrap New | hard soft |
规定当提交表单时，文本区域中的文本应该怎样换行。 |
Global Properties
<textarea> tag supports HTML global properties .
Event Properties
<textarea> tag supports HTML event properties .
related articles
HTML DOM Reference: Textarea objects