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HTML <textarea> style Attribute

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A style attribute on a <textarea> tag assigns a unique style to the textarea.

Its value is CSS that defines the appearance of the textarea element.

Example

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A style attribute on a <textarea> element.

<textarea placeholder="Enter your opinion here ..."
          style="width: 350px;height: 200px;
                 padding: 10px; border:3px dashed indigo;
                 background-color:aliceblue;">
</textarea>

Using style

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The style attribute specifies the style, i.e. look and feel, of the <textarea> element.

A style contains any number of CSS property/value pairs, separated by semicolons (;).

The style attribute overrides any other style that was defined in a <style> tag or an external CSS file.

This inline styling affects the current <textarea> element only.

Syntax

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<textarea style="CSS-styles">

Values

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Value	Description
CSS-styles	One or more CSS property/value pairs separated by semicolons (;).

More Examples

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A style attribute on a <textarea> element.
Clicking the button toggles the border and background colors.

<textarea id="mytextarea" placeholder="Enter your opinion here ..."
          style="width: 350px;height: 200px;
                 padding: 10px; border:3px dashed indigo;
                 background-color:aliceblue">
</textarea>

<br />
<button onclick="toggle();">Toggle style</button>

<script>
  let toggle = () => {
     let element = document.getElementById("mytextarea");

     if (element.style.backgroundColor === "aliceblue") {
       element.style.backgroundColor = "seashell";
       element.style.borderColor = "chocolate";
    } else {
       element.style.backgroundColor = "aliceblue";
       element.style.borderColor = "indigo";
    }
  }
</script>

Code explanation

The style attribute assigns a background and border colors to the <textarea> element.

Clicking the button calls JavaScript which toggles the background and border to another color.

Browser support

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Here is when style support started for each browser:

Chrome	1.0	Sep 2008
Firefox	1.0	Sep 2002
IE/Edge	1.0	Aug 1995
Opera	1.0	Jan 2006
Safari	1.0	Jan 2003

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