Oct 11, 2012 · Textareas are great because of some built in functionality (scrollbars). How can I format <spans> of text inside of the <textarea>?

Apr 26, 2017 · How would I change the content of a <textarea> element with JavaScript? I want to make it empty.

Jan 18, 2009 · Learn how to create a textarea that automatically resizes based on the content entered.

Oct 9, 2010 · The size of a textarea can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or even better; through CSS' height and width properties. The cols attribute is supported in all major browsers.

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I'm trying to do a simple auto-expanding textarea. This is my code: textarea.onkeyup = function () { textarea.style.height = textarea.clientHeight + 'px'; } But the textarea just keeps growing

Feb 5, 2010 · 113 Well, everything between <textarea> and </textarea> is used as the default value for your textarea box. There is some whitespace in your example there. Try to eliminate all of that. Make …

May 15, 2011 · Learn how to set a default value for an HTML <textarea> element using various methods and examples on this Stack Overflow page.

I want to add a newline in a textarea. I tried with \\n and &lt;br/&gt; tag but are not working. You can see above the HTML code. Can you help me to insert a newline in a textarea? &lt;textarea cols...

I am pretty sure the answer is no -- cannot do it with a textarea. From the MDN docs: The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control. Permitted content Text