TEXTAREA
Description
The TEXTAREA element is used to specify a multiline input field
as part of the contents in a FORM element.
NAME defines the symbolic name of the field
returned to the server on submission.
The characters between the opening and closing tags
define the text to be initially displayed in the textarea,
and the default text to be returned, normally null.
Only ASCII text is allowed as characters, and newlines are respected.
ROWS and COLS
define the physical size of the
displayed input field in numbers of characters.
Minimum Attributes
<TEXTAREA NAME="..."
ROWS="..."
COLS="...">
</TEXTAREA>
All Possible Attributes
<TEXTAREA NAME="..."
ROWS="..."
COLS="..."
LANG="..."
DIR=ltr|rtl
ID="..."
CLASS="..."
WRAP=off|virtual|physical
ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
DISABLED
ERROR="...">characters...
</TEXTAREA>
Elements Allowed Within...
Only parsed character data is expected in the content of the
TEXTAREA element. Note that the elements
are expressly prohibited by RFC 1866 from being nested
within the TEXTAREA element content
Allowed In Content Of...
Variations
The LANG and DIR attributes are introduced with the
internationalization proposal.
The WRAP attribute is a Netscape 2.0 extension and controls
word wrapping inside the TEXTAREA.
The value off is default and lines are sent exactly as typed.
The value virtual wraps in the display but are sent
exactly as typed.
The value physical wraps in the display and sends new-lines
at the wrap points as if new-lines had been entered.
The early Version 3 proposal added the
ALIGN, DISABLED, and ERROR attributes.
The Version 3 proposed DISABLED attribute would display this TEXTAREA,
but prohibit user entry/modification.
The Version 3 proposed ERROR attribute defines text to be displayed
in the event that the entered value for this TEXTAREA is invalid.
All elements concerning FORM are Level 2.
