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textarea element | textArea object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Specifies a multiline text input control.

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.7

HTML information

Closing Tag	required
CSS Display	inline

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

textArea

Remarks

The default font is fixed pitch.

Security Warning: Using this object incorrectly can compromise the security of your application. When submitting text through TEXTAREA over an intranet or the Internet, validating the text string is recommended. For instance, you might validate the string for a restricted set of known, good values (such as letters and numbers) and ignore the rest. You should review the Security Considerations: Dynamic HTML before continuing.

Examples

This example uses the TEXTAREA element to set the cascading style sheets (CSS) overflow attribute to "hidden" to remove the scroll bars from the TEXTAREA.

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<TEXTAREA STYLE="overflow:hidden" ID=txtComments>
   The patient is in stable condition after suffering an attack of 
   the insatiable munchies.
</TEXTAREA>