Reference: textarea
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:55:59Z

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| Chapter 10 The CGI.pm Module |

## textarea

     print $query->textarea('name' [,'value',rows,columns ])

Generates a large multiline text input box.

name

  The name to assign the input to (required).

value

  The initial value to place into the text input box.

rows

  The number of rows to display.

columns

  The number of columns to display.

  Using named parameters, the syntax is:

  >     print $query->textarea(-name=>'name',
  >                            -default=>'value',
  >                            -rows=>rows,
  >                            -columns=>columns,
  >                            -override=>1,
  >                            -onChange=>function,
  >                            -onFocus=>function,
  >                            -onBlur=>function,
  >                            -onSelect=>function);

  `-override=>1`

    Text field should not inherit its value from a previous invocation of the script.

  `-onChange=>``function`

    Browser should execute `function` when the user changes the text field.

  `-onFocus=>``function`

    Browser should execute `function` when the focus is on on the text field.

  `-onBlur=>``function`

    Browser should execute `function` when the focus leaves the text field.

  `-onSelect=>``function`

    Browser should execute `function` when the user changes a selected portion of the text field.

Reference: submit |  | Reference: textfield