cols Attribute

Where to use the cols Attribute

• As Type Number - #REQUIRED:
  cols is declared on the element: textarea

Description

The cols attribute is a #REQUIRED attribute of the textarea element and states the number of 'columns' of text which should be visible in the textarea box, i.e. the width of the textarea box in average character widths. User agents should either wrap lines which are longer than this width or else allow horizontal scrolling.

See also the rows attribute.