HTML <textarea> Tag

<textarea> Tag Examples

Examples of the `textarea` tag in HTML 5

Text input area with placeholder in HTML form

(see textarea demo above)

<form>
   <label for="ex1cmnts">Comments:</label>
   <textarea id="ex1cmnts" placeholder="Your comments"
      cols="70" rows="3">Initial text &amp; stuff ....</textarea>
</form>

Text input area that scrolls horizontally

<form>
   <label for="ex2cmnts">Comments:</label>
   <textarea id="ex2cmnts" cols="40" rows="3" placeholder="Your comments"
      style="white-space: nowrap">This text input area will not be wrapped but will scroll horizontally instead.</textarea>
</form>