How-to articles, tricks, and solutions about TEXTAREA

Use the CSS ::selection selector to change the default highlight color while selecting texts. Use only CSS and do cool tricks to have a better user experience. All with examples.

In this tutorial, you will read and learn about jQuery methods that are used to change the selected value of a drop-down list via its text description.

Copying the text to clipboard makes it easier using the web page, so users will definitely like this functionality. You can create it by the help of JavaScript and we’re here to help you.

In this snippet, we’ll demonstrate how to create a multi-line text input field in HTML. Read this tutorial and see how this can be done with the <textarea> tag.

Create a contact form for collecting user’s contact details and opinions about your website. Follow the steps and create a contact form with CSS in a simple way.

Learn about how to create a Mailto forms with examples. See also the advantages that Mailto forms can have.

Use the CSS3 resize property with its "none" value to disable the resizing function of the textarea element. Learn the ways of only vertically or horizontally resizing, too.

Read this tutorial and learn useful information about how you can detect the value of the HTML <textarea> element easily using one of the jQuery methods.

Read the tutorial and learn the methods of getting the value of the selected option in a select box using jQuery. Read about the text() and val() methods.

Do you know that a bright example of hiding the scroll bar is Facebook chat window? Learn how to hide scrollbars and find solutions! Snippet/CSS

Use outline: none to remove the ugly border color for a form field in Chrome. Learn also how to give your own style for showing that the box is active. All with examples.

In this tutorial, you will find two ways of setting the size of the HTML <textarea> element. For that purpose, you can use HTML attributes or CSS properties.

Style comment boxes, change the background color, add a background image or set borders to your comment box. See all with examples.

In this snippet, we’ll demonstrate how to wrap a long string without any whitespace character. Use the CSS word-wrap property with the “break-word” value.

There could be a number of reasons why a textarea element in a PHP webpage might be filled with mysterious white spaces.