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The attribute rows on a textarea element, when present, must be a positive integer.
The <textarea> HTML element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control, useful when you want to allow users to enter a sizeable amount of free-form text, for example a comment on a review or feedback form. Its attributes rows and cols allow to define the dimensions of the text area by respectively specifying the numbers of rows and columns.
Example:
<textarea name="comments" rows="5" cols="25">
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Related W3C validator issues
The <textarea> element does not have a type attribute.
The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control, and is useful when you want to allow users to enter a sizeable amount of free-form text, for example a comment on a review or feedback form.
The value street-address cannot be used for attribute autocomplete on an <input> element. As this kind of autofill is oriented for multi-line inputs (as in the expected format for addresses), consider using a <textarea> element instead, like in this example:
<textarea name="address" autocomplete="street-address"></textarea>A <textarea> tag can’t be used inside an <a> tag.