Apa itu text area html?

The <textarea> tag creates a multi-line text input control.

It accepts an unlimited number of characters. Textareas will create scrollbars when the text becomes too large.

Example

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A <textarea> with 6 visible rows.
With more than 6 rows of text a scrollbar appears.

<textarea rows="6" cols="40"> Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history. </textarea>

Using <textarea>

The <textarea> tag creates a multi-line text input control.

This element accepts an unlimited number of characters and line breaks.

By default, the textarea will create scrollbars when the text becomes too large.

The <textarea> element can be used for comments, reviews, addresses, and more.

Textareas honor spaces and line-breaks. They will format text as provided (see example below).

More Examples

A <textarea> with 12 rows and a 45 character row limit. The control has a scrollbar because the text exceeds 12 rows.

Textareas honor spaces and line-breaks. You can see this by how the text inside the textarea indents and wraps the same as specified in the HTML.

<textarea rows="12" cols="45"> Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, and biblical and mythological themes as well as animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age, when Dutch art (especially Dutch painting), although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative and gave rise to important new genres. Like many artists of the Dutch Golden Age, such as Jan Vermeer of Delft, Rembrandt was also an avid art collector and dealer. </textarea>

Attributes for <textarea>

This table lists the <textarea> tag attributes.

AttributeValueDescription

id	identifier	Defines a unique identifier for the textarea.
class	classnames	Sets one or more CSS classes to be applied to the textarea.
style	CSS-styles	Sets the style for the textarea.
data-*	value	Defines additional data that can be used by JavaScript.
hidden	hidden	Specifies whether the textarea is hidden.
title	text	Sets a title that displays as a tooltip.
tabindex	index	Sets a tab sequence relative to the other elements.
lang	language	Sets the language for the textarea.
autocomplete	on | off	Presents the user with previously entered values
autofocus	no value	Sets the focus on the specified textarea when the page loads
cols	number	Textarea width
dirname	textareaname.dir	Text direction of the textarea
disabled	disabled	Disables textarea
form	form-id	Id of the form the textarea belongs to
maxlength	number	Maximum number of characters allowed in the textarea
name	text	Textarea name
placeholder	text	Displays hint for the textarea
readonly	readonly	Makes the textarea read-only
required	no value	Requires textarea value
rows	number	Allowed number of lines or rows in a textarea
wrap	hard soft	How the text in a textarea is to be wrapped

For additional global attributes see our global attributes list.

Obsolete Attributes

Do not use the attribute listed below.  It is not standardized in HTML5.

AttributeDescriptionAlternative

autocapitalize	Sets how characters are automatically capitalized. Not supported by today's browsers.	n/a

More Examples

Textarea with maxlength

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A <textarea> with a maxlength attribute limits the number of characters to 50. Once it reaches 50 the textarea stops accepting characters.

<textarea rows="3" cols="45" maxlength="50"> Textarea with a max of 50 characters </textarea>

Textarea with placeholder

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A <textarea> with a placeholder attribute which adds a muted text hint to the control. As soon as data is entered, the placeholder disappears.

<textarea rows="5" cols="45" placeholder="Please enter your feedback"> </textarea>

Disabled textarea

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A <textarea> with a disabled attribute. The control is grayed out and users cannot interact with the control.

<form action="/tutorial/action.html"> <textarea rows="3" cols="45" disabled> This is a message. </textarea><br /> <button type="submit">Submit</button> </form>

Did you know?

Disabling line break (enter key) in a textarea

By default, the <textarea> element accepts a new line or line break as input.

With JavaScript users can be prevented from using the enter key to add a line break.

Type some text in the <textarea> and notice that pressing the enter-key has no effect.

<script> window.addEventListener('keydown',function(e) { if(e.keyIdentifier=='U+000A'||e.keyIdentifier=='Enter'||e.keyCode==13) { if(e.target.id=='feedback') { e.preventDefault(); return false; } } },true); </script> <textarea id="feedback" rows="4" cols="45" placeholder="Start typing here..."></textarea>

Form Tags

The <textarea> tag is part of a group of tags that are used to create data entry forms. This group is referred to as the Form tag group. Together, they allow you to create comprehensive data input solutions.

Here is a list of form tags

ElementDescription

<form>	Defines a data entry area that contains input elements
<input>	Creates an input field in which data can be entered
<label>	Creates a label or brief description before input elements
<textarea>	Creates a multi-line text input control
<select>	Creates a dropdown control
<button>	Creates a clickable button that can contain text or an image
<datalist>	Specifies a list of options for a textfield (<input>) element
<fieldset>	Groups related form elements and displays a box with a legend around these
<legend>	Defines a caption for a fieldset

Browser support

Here is when <textarea> support started for each browser:

Chrome	1.0	Sep 2008
Firefox	1.0	Sep 2002
IE/Edge	1.0	Aug 1995
Opera	1.0	Jan 2006
Safari	1.0	Jan 2003

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