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HtmlTextArea::Cols Property

Gets or sets the width (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
property int Cols {
	int get ();
	void set (int value);
}
<asp:HtmlTextArea Cols="Int32" />

Property Value

Type: System::Int32
The 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.

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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

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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