HTML Reference Manual

Complete List of HTML Tags (Alphabetically Sorted)
Complete List of HTML Tags (Functionally Sorted)
HTML Global Attributes
HTML Events
HTML Canvas
HTML Audio/Video
Valid HTML DOCTYPES
HTML Color Names
HTML Color Picker
HTML Color Combinations
HTML Character Sets
HTML ASCII Reference Manual
HTML ISO-8859-1 Reference Manual
Complete List of HTML Character Entities
HTML URL Encoding Reference Manual
HTML Language Code Reference Manual
HTTP Status Messages
HTTP Methods GET and POST
Common Keyboard Shortcuts

HTML Tag Reference

HTML:  Comment tags
HTML: <!DOCTYPE> Declaration
HTML: <a> Tag
HTML: <abbr> Tag
HTML: <acronym> Tag
HTML: <address> Tag
HTML: <applet> Tag
HTML: <area> Tag
HTML: <article> Tag
HTML: <aside> Tag
HTML: <audio> Tag
HTML: <b> Tag
HTML: <base> Tag
HTML: <basefont> Tag
HTML: <bdi> Tag
HTML: <bdo> Tag
HTML: <big> Tag
HTML: <blockquote> Tag
HTML: <body> Tag
HTML: <br> Tag
HTML: <button> Tag
HTML: <canvas> Tag
HTML: <caption> Tag
HTML: <center> Tag
HTML: <cite> Tag
HTML: <code> Tag
HTML: <col> Tag
HTML: <colgroup> Tag
HTML: <command> Tag
HTML: <datalist> Tag
HTML: <dd> Tag
HTML: <del> Tag
HTML: <details> Tag
HTML: <dfn> Tag
HTML: <dialog> Tag
HTML: <dir> Tag
HTML: <div> Tag
HTML: <dl> Tag
HTML: <dt> Tag
HTML: <em> Tag
HTML: <embed> Tag
HTML: <fieldset> tag
HTML: <figcaption> tag
HTML: <figure> tag
HTML: <font> tag
HTML: <footer> tag
HTML: <form> tag
HTML: <frame> tag
HTML: <frameset> tag
HTML: <head> tag
HTML: <header> tag
HTML: <hgroup> tag
HTML: <h1> – <h6> tag
HTML: <h1> tag
HTML: <h2> tag
HTML: <h3> tag
HTML: <h4> tag
HTML: <h5> tag
HTML: <h6> tag
HTML: <hr> tag
HTML: <i> tag
HTML: <html> tag
HTML: <iframe> tag
HTML: <img> tag
HTML: <input> tag
HTML: <ins> tag
HTML: <kbd> tag
HTML5: <keygen> tag
HTML: <label> tag
HTML: <legend> tag
HTML: <li> tag
HTML: <link> tag
HTML: <map> tag
HTML: <main> tag
HTML5: <mark> tag
HTML: <menu> tag
HTML: <meta> tag
HTML: <meter> tag
HTML: <nav> tag
HTML: <noframes> tag
HTML: <noscript> tag
HTML: <object> tag
HTML: <ol> tag
HTML: <optgroup> tag
HTML: <option> tag
HTML: <output> tag
HTML: <p> tag
HTML: <param> tag
HTML: <pre> tag
HTML: <picture> element
HTML5: <progress> tag
HTML: <q> tag
HTML: <rp> tag
HTML: <rt> tag
HTML: <ruby> tag
HTML: <s> tag
HTML: <samp> tag
HTML: <script> tag
HTML: <section> tag
HTML: <select> tag
HTML: <small> tag
HTML: <source> tag
HTML: <span> tag
HTML: <strike> tag
HTML: <strong> tag
HTML: <style> tag
HTML: <sub> tag
HTML: <sup> tag
HTML: <summary> tag
HTML: <table> tag
HTML: <tbody> tag
HTML: <td> tag
HTML: <textarea> tag
HTML: <tfoot> tag
HTML: <th> tag
HTML: <thead> tag
HTML: <time> tag
HTML: <title> tag
HTML: <tr> tag
HTML: <track> tag
HTML: <tt> tag
HTML: <u> tag
HTML: <ul> tag
HTML: <var> tag
HTML: <video> tag
HTML: <wbr> tag
HTML: <template> tag

HTML: <textarea> rows attribute

The rows attribute specifies the visible height of the text area in rows. The size of textarea can also be specified through CSS height and width properties.

　HTML <textarea> tag

Online Example

Text area with specified height and width:

Example

<textarea rows="5"　cols="50"　>
　　　　Enter text here...
</textarea>

Test it out ‹/›

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All major browsers support the rows attribute.

Definition and Usage

The rows attribute specifies the visible height of the text area in rows.
Note: The size of textarea can also be specified through CSS height and width properties.

HTML 4.01 with HTML5The difference

None.

Syntax

<textarea rows="number">

Attribute value

Value	Description
number	Specify the height of the text area (in rows). The default value is2

　HTML <textarea> tag

HTML: <template> tag