TEXTAREA

<TEXTAREA
ACCESSKEY=string
ALIGN=ABSBOTTOM | ABSMIDDLE | BASELINE | BOTTOM | LEFT | MIDDLE | RIGHT | TEXTTOP | TOP
COLS=long
DISABLED
CLASS=string
ID=string
LANG=string
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBS | VBSCRIPT
NAME=string
READONLY
ROWS=long
STYLE=string
TABINDEX=integer
TITLE=string
WRAP=OFF | PHYSICAL | VIRTUAL
event = script
>

Specifies a multi-line text input control.

ACCESSKEY=

Specifies an accelerator for the element.

ALIGN=

Specifies the alignment for the control-like element.

COLS=

Specifies how many characters wide the text area is.

DISABLED

Used to disable an element.

CLASS=

Specifies the class of the tag being defined. This is most often used to associated a sub-classed style sheet with the tag.

ID=

An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid names to script with are any alphanumeric string that begins with a letter. Valid special characters include underbar "_".

LANG=

This specifies the language to use. The specifier is an ISO standard language abbreviation.

LANGUAGE=

Specifies the language that the current script is written in. JavaScript is the default for this attribute.

NAME=

Specifies the name of the control, bookmark, or applet.

READONLY

Causes the element's contents to be read only.

ROWS=

Specifies the number of rows tall the textarea control should be.

STYLE=

Specifies an in-line style sheet for the tag.

TABINDEX=

Sets the tabindex for the object.

TITLE=

The Title attribute is used to provide advisory information.

WRAP=

Specifies how to handle word-wrapping in the textarea.

event

Can be one or more of these events:

onafterupdate onbeforeupdate

onblur onchange

onclick ondblclick

ondragstart onfocus

onhelp onkeydown

onkeypress onkeyup

onmousedown onmousemove

onmouseout onmouseover

onmouseup onresize

onrowenter onrowexit

onscroll onselect

onselectstart

The default font is fixed pitch.

Both the start and end tags are required.