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
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HTML # dom-textarea-rows |
Browser compatibility
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See also
<textarea>
HTMLTextAreaElement.cols
HTMLTextAreaElement.wrap
- CSS
resize
property