The wrap
attribute on a textarea
tag specifies how the submitted value should be wrapped.
Wrapping adds a newline character to the end of each line.
A wrap
attribute on a textarea
element.
A newline character is added at the end of each line.
<form action="/tutorial/action.html">
<textarea wrap="hard" name="text"
rows="5" cols="60">
Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century,
Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style
and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits
to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and
historical scenes, and biblical and mythological
themes as well as animal studies.
</textarea> <br /><br />
<input type="submit">
</form>
The wrap
attribute specifies how the text should be wrapped during form submission.
If set to hard
, all newlines in the value will be submitted in the form data.
For hard
text wrapping to work properly, the textarea cols attribute should be set.
<textarea wrap="soft | hard">
Value | Description |
---|---|
soft | This is default. No newline characters are appended to the lines. |
hard | Appends a newline character to each line. |
Here is when wrap
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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