The <textarea> element has a number of attributes that can be used to control its appearance and behavior. For example, the rows and cols attributes can be used to specify the height and width of the text input field. The wrap attribute can be used to specify how text is wrapped within the text input field.
The <textarea> element is powerful, and can be used to create:
Comment boxes
Text editors
Code editors
Chat windows
Later on in this course, I'll talk more about the <textarea> element. For now, I wanted to introduce you to it.
Let's continue building our simple form, this time by adding a checkbox ✅