HTML The Definitive Guide (106 page)
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Authors: Chuck Musciano Bill Kennedy
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10.4 Using Email to Collect
10.6 Multiline Text Areas
Form Data
10.6 Multiline Text Areas
The conventional and hidden-text types for forms restrict user input to a single line of characters. The ; never omitted
Contains:
plain_text
Used in:
form_content
You may include plain text inside the
10.6.1.1 The rows and cols attributes
A multiline text input area stands alone onscreen: body content flows above and below, but not around it. You can control its dimensions, however, by defining the cols and rows attributes for the visible rectangular area set aside by the browser for multiline input. We suggest you do set these attributes. The common browsers have a habit of setting aside the smallest, least readable region possible for