TEXTAREA

This tag defines a multiple line input field within a form, and is placed within the FORM tags. Text entered between the opening and closing TEXTAREA tags will be the default value. That is, it will be the text displayed before changes are made, if any. For example:

Enter your favorite internet web site: <TEXTAREA COLS="3" ROWS="4"> WalkTheGeek </TEXTAREA>

TEXTAREA Attributes:

ACCESSKEY=" ... "

Assigns a key sequence to the element. That is, a letter is assigned that would activate that object. For example, you could assign the letter "I" to activate a link to the 'Index' page.

CLASS=" ... "

This attribute indicates the style 'class' applicable to the tag to which it has been assigned, the style 'class' being a function of a style sheet. For example, assume the style class 'relaxed' includes text with a font size of 8, and the style class 'active' includes text with a font size of 12. Using the CLASS="relaxed" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 8. Using the CLASS="active" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 12.

COLS="n"

This attribute defines the width, measured in the number of characters, of the textarea field.

DATAFLD=" ... "

This attribute selects a column from a previously identified source of table data.

DATASRC=" ... "

This attribute is used to define the loaction of the table data to be bound to the document.

DISABLED

This attribute indicates that the textarea field has been disabled.

ID="n"

The ID attribute is used to assign a unique ID selector (identification) to the tag in which it is invoked. A style may be assigned to that ID, which will effect only that one instance of the attribute.

NAME=" ... "

This tag is used to mark a location within a document with a unique name. This named location can then be quickly moved to by means of a hyperlink using the HREF="#URL" attribute. Note the pound (#) sign before the URL. The pound sign used in this way indicates to the browser that the target location has been defined by the NAME=" ... " attribute.

READONLY

This attribute disallows changes to the contents of the input field.

ROWS="n"

This attribute defines the height, measured in characters, of the input field.

STYLE=" ... "

Used to specify which style sheet commands to apply to the instance of the STYLE attribute invoked within the tag.

TABINDEX="n"

This attribute defines the 'tabbing order' of the document. For example, assume a document has ten fields, numbered one to ten, which require your input. The first field, with TABINDEX="1", is the active field. Pressing the tab key would move the cursor to TABINDEX="2", regardless of its physical location within the document.

TITLE=" ... "

The TITLE attribute is used to display a note or information in a popup window pertaining to the object to which it was assigned. The popup window is invoked by holding the mouse pointer over the object.

This tag also accepts the following Event Handlers: onAfterUpdate onBeforeUpdate onBlur onChange onClick onDblClick onDragStart onFocus onHelp onMouseDown onMouseUp onMouseOver onMouseMove onMouseOut onKeyPress onKeyDown onKeyUp onResize onRowEnter onRowExit onScroll onSelect onSelectStart