HTMLTextAreaElement: cols property

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The cols property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLTextAreaElement")}} interface is a positive integer representing the visible width of the multi-line text control, in average character widths. It reflects the <textarea> element's cols attribute.

Value

A positive integer. Defaults to 20.

Examples

const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
textArea.cols = 80;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("textarea")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.rows")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLTextAreaElement.wrap")}}
• CSS {{cssxref("resize")}} property