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HtmlTextArea.Rows Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

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

public:
 property int Rows { int get(); void set(int value); };
public int Rows { get; set; }
member this.Rows : int with get, set
Public Property Rows As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The height (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control. The default value is -1, which indicates that this property is not set.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Rows property to control the height of the HtmlTextArea control.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void SubmitBtn_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    TextArea1.Rows = Convert.ToInt32(Select1.Value);
    Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value;
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea Example</h3>

      Enter your comments: <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1" 
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      Select row height: <br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="1" selected="selected"> 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             onserverclick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub SubmitBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
      
    TextArea1.Rows = CInt(Select1.Value)
    Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value
      
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea Example</h3>

      Enter your comments: <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1" 
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      Select row height: <br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="1" selected="selected"> 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             onserverclick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Rows property to specify or determine the height (in characters) of the HtmlTextArea control. If you enter text that takes up more lines than the height specified, scroll bars are enabled.

To control the width of the control, set the Cols property.

Applies to

See also