HTML | <textarea> cols Attribute

The HTML <textarea> cols Attribute is used to tell the browser how many average-width characters should fit on a single line i.e the number of columns to display. It is used to specify the visible width of the <Textarea> Element.

Syntax:

<textarea cols="number">

Attribute Values: It contains the value i.e number which specifies the width of the Textarea. It has a Default value which is 20.

Example:

html

<!-- HTML program to illustrate cols attribute -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
      HTML Textarea cols Attribute
  </title>
    <style>
        h1,
        h2 {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1>

    <h2> 
        HTML <textarea>cols Attribute 
      </h2>

    <!-- Below textarea is 
        assigned a cols value 25 
            That is, 25 characters
          will fit in a line -->
    <textarea rows="4" 
              cols="25">
        A computer science portal for geeks.
    </textarea>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <Textarea> cols Attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome 1
Edge 12
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox 1
Opera 12.1
Safari 4

HTML | <textarea> cols Attribute

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