Oct 11, 2012 · Textareas are great because of some built in functionality (scrollbars). How can I format <spans> of text inside of the <textarea>?

Oct 29, 2009 · How would I change the content of a <textarea> element with JavaScript? I want to make it empty.

Jan 18, 2009 · Learn how to create a textarea that automatically resizes based on the content entered.

Oct 9, 2010 · The size of a textarea can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or even better; through CSS' height and width properties. The cols attribute is supported in all major browsers.

Oct 8, 2014 · Would it be possible to use only a textarea from beginning and define its size like an inbutbox? If you get more chars, just increase the textarea to a normal size.

May 15, 2011 · Learn how to set a default value for an HTML <textarea> element using various methods and examples on this Stack Overflow page.

Nov 7, 2008 · I really like this answer. It makes the textarea snap to fit without any magic percent numbers less than 100%. You can use padding on all sides in the wrapper to force the text area to …

I am pretty sure the answer is no -- cannot do it with a textarea. From the MDN docs: The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control. Permitted content Text

Jan 16, 2011 · This makes it so that a textarea will render html! Besides the flashing when resizing, inability to directly use classes and having to make sure that the div in the svg has the same format …

Dec 19, 2022 · I have a multi-line search box, and I want everything aligned in the middle. Is it possible to vertically center the content of a &lt;textarea&gt;?