A style attribute on a <textarea> tag assigns a unique style to the textarea.
Its value is CSS that defines the appearance of the textarea element.
A style attribute on a <textarea> element.
<textarea placeholder="Enter your opinion here ..."
style="width: 350px;height: 200px;
padding: 10px; border:3px dashed indigo;
background-color:aliceblue;">
</textarea>
The style attribute specifies the style, i.e. look and feel, of the <textarea> element.
A style contains any number of CSS property/value pairs, separated by semicolons (;).
The style attribute overrides any other style that was defined in a <style> tag or an external CSS file.
This inline styling affects the current <textarea> element only.
<textarea style="CSS-styles">
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| CSS-styles | One or more CSS property/value pairs separated by semicolons (;). |
A style attribute on a <textarea> element.
Clicking the button toggles the border and background colors.
<textarea id="mytextarea" placeholder="Enter your opinion here ..."
style="width: 350px;height: 200px;
padding: 10px; border:3px dashed indigo;
background-color:aliceblue">
</textarea>
<br />
<button onclick="toggle();">Toggle style</button>
<script>
let toggle = () => {
let element = document.getElementById("mytextarea");
if (element.style.backgroundColor === "aliceblue") {
element.style.backgroundColor = "seashell";
element.style.borderColor = "chocolate";
} else {
element.style.backgroundColor = "aliceblue";
element.style.borderColor = "indigo";
}
}
</script>
The style attribute assigns a background and border colors to the <textarea> element.
Clicking the button calls JavaScript which toggles the background and border to another color.
Here is when style support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
1.0 | Sep 2008 |
 Firefox
|
1.0 | Sep 2002 |
 IE/Edge
|
1.0 | Aug 1995 |
 Opera
|
1.0 | Jan 2006 |
 Safari
|
1.0 | Jan 2003 |
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