HTML cols Attribute
The cols attribute in HTML is used to tell the browser how many average-width characters should fit on a single line i.e. the number of columns to display.
Note: This attribute is only applicable on <textarea> and <frameset>.
Syntax:
<textarea cols = "value">Text content...</textarea>
Attribute Values: It has a default value which is 20. It contains a numeric value that represents the width of the textarea element.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >HTML cols Attribute</ title > < style > h1, h2 { text-align: center; } </ style > </ head > < body > < center > < h1 style = "color: green;" > w3wiki </ h1 > < h2 > HTML cols Attribute </ h2 > <!-- Below textarea is assigned a cols value 25 That is, 25 characters will fit in a line --> < textarea rows = "4" cols = "25" > A computer science portal for Beginner. </ textarea > </ center > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by cols attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera 12.1 and above
- Apple Safari 4 and above
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