The cols attribute in HTML is used to tell the browser how many average-width characters should fit on a single line i.e. the number of columns to display.
Note: This attribute is only applicable on <textarea>.
Syntax:
<textarea cols = "value">Text content...</textarea>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML cols Attribute</title> <style> h1, h2 { text-align: center; } </style> </head> <body> <center> <h1 style="color: green;"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <h2> HTML cols Attribute </h2> <!-- Below textarea is assigned a cols value 25 That is, 25 characters will fit in a line --> <textarea rows="4" cols="25"> A computer science portal for geeks. </textarea> </center> </body> </html> |
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by cols attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Apple Safari
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