HTMLTextAreaElement: rows property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The rows property of the 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

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-textarea-rows

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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Full support
Full support

See also