HTMLTextAreaElement: rows property

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The rows property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLTextAreaElement")}} interface is a positive integer representing the visible text lines of the text control. It reflects the <textarea> element's rows attribute.

Value

A positive integer. Defaults to 2.

Examples

const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
const textLines = textArea.rows;
textArea.rows = textLines + 2;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

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