HTML cols attribute
cols
The purpose of the HTML cols attribute is to define the number of columns in a text area or frame set.
Supported elements
HTML cols attribute supports textarea and frameset elements. cols is a required attribute for textarea.
Syntax
<ElementName cols="value">..............</ElementName>
Where ElementName is any supported HTML element.
Type of value
Multilength for frameset and number for textarea.
Value
A relative length if used with frameset and a number to specify number of columns if used with textarea.
Default value
There is no default value.
Supported doctypes
HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset when used with textarea. HTML 4.01 frameset when used with frameset.
Example of HTML cols attribute with textarea
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><!-- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> -->
<title>Example of HTML cols attribute with textarea</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="action.php" accept="image/png,image/jpeg,image/gif">
Email id : <input type="text" name="email"/><br/>
Password : <input type="text" name="passw"/><br/>
Describe yourself : <textarea cols="10" rows="5"></textarea> <br/>
Upload your photograph: <input type="file" name="uimg" id="uimg"/><br/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Result
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Example of HTML cols attribute with textarea
Example of HTML cols attribute with frameset
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML cols attribute with frameset</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="20%,*,20%">
<frame src="frame_left.htm" />
<frame src="frame_center.htm" />
<frame src="frame_right.htm" />
</frameset>
</body>
</html>
Result
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Example of HTML cols attribute with frameset
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