HtmlTextArea::Cols Property
Gets or sets the width (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
<asp:HtmlTextArea Cols="Int32" />
Property Value
Type: System::Int32The width (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control. The default value is -1, which indicates that this property is not set.
Use the Cols property to specify or determine the width (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control. If you enter text that is longer than the width of the text box, the text automatically continues on the next line of the control.
To control the height of the control, set the Rows property.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Cols property to control the width of the HtmlTextArea control.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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