COLS Attribute | cols Property

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Sets or retrieves the width of the object.

Syntax

HTML<TEXTAREA COLS = iCount... >
ScriptingTEXTAREA.cols(v) [ = iCount ]

Possible Values

iCountInteger that specifies or receives the number of characters used to determine the width of the object.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of 20.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 3.2 Non-Microsoft link and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

TEXTAREA