HTMLTextAreaElement: rows property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The rows property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface is a positive integer representing the visible text lines of the text control. It reflects the <textarea> element's rows attribute.

Value

A positive integer. Defaults to 2.

Examples

js
const textareaElement = document.getElementById("comment");
const textLines = textArea.rows;
textArea.rows = textLines + 2;

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-textarea-rows

Browser compatibility

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See also