`textarea` (HTML element)

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<textarea cols="number" name="string" rows="number">

</textarea>

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HTML Elements

Structural Elements
- blockquote
  - cite
- body
  - alink
  - background
  - bgcolor
  - link
  - text
  - vlink
- br
  - clear
- div
  - align
- h1
  - align
- h2
  - align
- h3
  - align
- h4
  - align
- h5
  - align
- h6
  - align
- head
  - profile
- hr
  - color
  - noshade
  - size
  - width
- html
  - xmlns
- p
  - align
Head Elements
- base
  - href
  - target
- link
  - charset
  - href
  - media
  - rel
  - rev
  - target
  - type
- meta
  - content
  - http-equiv
  - name
  - scheme
- script
  - charset
  - defer
  - language
  - src
  - type
  - xml:space
- style
  - media
  - type
  - xml:space
- title
List Elements
- dd
- dir
  - compact
- dl
  - compact
- dt
- li
  - type
  - value
- menu
  - compact
- ol
  - compact
  - type
  - start
- ul
  - compact
  - type
Text Formatting Elements
- a
  - accesskey
  - charset
  - coords
  - href
  - hreflang
  - name
  - rel
  - rev
  - shape
  - tabindex
  - target
- abbr
  - title
- acronym
  - title
- address
- b
- basefont
  - color
  - face
  - size
- bdo
  - dir
- big
- blink
- center
- cite
- code
- comment
- del
  - cite
  - datetime
- dfn
- em
- font
  - color
  - face
  - size
- i
- ins
  - cite
  - datetime
- kbd
- marquee
  - align
  - behavior
  - bgcolor
  - direction
  - height
  - hspace
  - loop
  - scrollamount
  - scrolldelay
  - vspace
  - width
- nobr
- noscript
- plaintext
- pre
- q
  - cite
- rb
- rbc
- rp
- rt
  - rbspan
- rtc
- ruby
- s
- samp
- small
- span
- strike
- strong
- sub
- sup
- tt
- u
- var
- wbr
- xmp
Form Elements
- button
  - accesskey
  - disabled
  - name
  - tabindex
  - type
  - value
- fieldset
- form
  - accept-charset
  - action
  - enctype
  - method
  - name
  - target
- input
  - accept
  - accesskey
  - align
  - alt
  - checked
  - disabled
  - maxlength
  - name
  - readonly
  - size
  - src
  - tabindex
  - type
  - usemap
  - value
- isindex
- label
  - accesskey
  - for
- legend
  - accesskey
  - align
- optgroup
  - label
- option
  - disabled
  - label
  - selected
  - value
- select
  - accesskey
  - disabled
  - multiple
  - name
  - size
  - tabindex
- textarea
  - accesskey
  - cols
  - disabled
  - name
  - readonly
  - rows
  - tabindex
Image and Media Elements
- applet
  - align
  - alt
  - archive
  - code
  - codebase
  - height
  - hspace
  - name
  - object
  - vspace
  - width
- area
  - accesskey
  - alt
  - coords
  - href
  - nohref
  - shape
  - tabindex
  - target
- bgsound
  - balance
  - loop
  - src
  - volume
- embed
  - align
  - alt
  - border
  - height
  - hidden
  - hspace
  - name
  - pluginspage
  - type
  - vspace
- img
  - align
  - alt
  - border
  - height
  - hspace
  - ismap
  - longdesc
  - name
  - src
  - usemap
  - vspace
  - width
- map
  - name
- noembed
- object
  - align
  - archive
  - border
  - classid
  - codebase
  - codetype
  - data
  - declare
  - height
  - hspace
  - name
  - standby
  - tabindex
  - type
  - usemap
  - vspace
  - width
- param
  - name
  - type
  - value
  - valuetype
Table Elements
- caption
  - align
- col
  - align
  - char
  - charoff
  - span
  - valign
  - width
- colgroup
  - align
  - char
  - charoff
  - span
  - valign
  - width
- table
  - align
  - bgcolor
  - border
  - cellpadding
  - cellspacing
  - frame
  - rules
  - summary
  - width
- tbody
  - align
  - char
  - charoff
  - valign
- td
  - abbr
  - align
  - axis
  - bgcolor
  - char
  - charoff
  - colspan
  - headers
  - nowrap
  - rowspan
  - scope
  - valign
  - width
- tfoot
  - align
  - char
  - charoff
  - valign
- th
  - abbr
  - align
  - axis
  - bgcolor
  - char
  - charoff
  - colspan
  - headers
  - nowrap
  - rowspan
  - scope
  - valign
  - width
- thead
  - align
  - char
  - charoff
  - valign
- tr
  - align
  - bgcolor
  - char
  - charoff
  - valign
Frame and Window Elements
- frame
  - frameborder
  - longdesc
  - marginheight
  - marginwidth
  - name
  - noresize
  - scrolling
  - src
- frameset
  - cols
  - rows
- noframes
- iframe
  - align
  - frameborder
  - height
  - longdesc
  - marginheight
  - marginwidth
  - name
  - src
  - width
Deprecated Elements (to avoid using)
Proprietary & Nonstandard Elements
Alphabetic Element Index
Elements and Valid DTDs They May Appear In

HTML Microformats

HTML Common Attributes

Core Attributes
- id
- class
- dir
- lang
- style
- title
- xml:lang
Event Attributes
- onblur
- onchange
- onclick
- ondblclick
- onfocus
- onkeydown
- onkeypress
- onkeyup
- onload
- onmousedown
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
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- onreset
- onselect
- onsubmit
- onunload
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