Okay, so lets say you want to get feedback from a visitor, but a text box is too small and it only allows for one line. So how can we make a 'big' textbox. Well, that is exactly what a text area is.
The < TEXTAREA> Tag
This tag is really easy to set up. This declares that a big box will be created with several properties such as the rows(height) and columns(width).
Let's look at the general form:
< TEXTAREA NAME="name" ROWS="rows" COLS="columns" WRAP="hard/soft/none" VALUE = ""> Text you want shown goes here
</TEXTAREA>
Specifies the number of rows or height of the textarea
Specifies the number of columns or width of the textarea
Different styles of wrapping text in a textarea
No wrap
The Value is usally left blank because what someone writes becomes the value
Name of the textarea sent to the CGI script
The Code
The Result
A couple things to remember about textarea:
ROWS indicate height, COLUMNS indicate width
WRAP allows you to wrap the text in the area.
VALUE is usually left blank because the user input becomes the value
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The past few tutorials showed you how to create form objects, now learn how to proccess your form and get the information. Continue to A Note About Forms
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