Text Areas are used when you want extended feedback from a visitor. Otherwise they are just like Text boxes. (See discussion and background for more details).
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ATTRIBUTE |
REQUIRED? |
DESCRIPTION |
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NAME=" " |
Required |
The name of the text box. |
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ROWS=" " |
Required |
The number of rows of text the text area spans. |
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COLS=" " |
Required |
The number of characters the text area spans. |
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Default Text |
Optional |
Displays text in the text box area. Note: This option is not standard, see below for an example. |
<TEXTAREA NAME="thoughts" ROWS="4" COLS="40"> Please enter your thoughts here...;/TEXTAREA>
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NOTE |
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For this example to work it must be inside form tags (<FORM .. ..> .. .. </FORM>). The entire form code, including all the examples, is ready for you to use. |