COLS Attribute | cols Property

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Sets or retrieves the width of the object.

Syntax

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

Possible Values

iCount

Integer 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  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	TEXTAREA