How to Create a Big Block Text Box for an HTML Form

Some websites that have forms require you to fill in a little bit about yourself through a "more than one line" box. If you are developing and site that requires a form and want to require your user to add these types of details with these blocks, the steps required may encourage you to visit this article. This article will explain how to add one of these boxes to your HTML form.

Steps

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    Open a simple text editing program such as Notepad, WordPad, TextEdit, etc.
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    Type all preceding HTML text that you want before the big block text box.
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    Denote a label for the item using the <p> tag.
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    Type the <textarea> tag.
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    Conclude this tag with a </textarea> tag.
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    Type the proceeding HTML text that you want for the remainder of the document.
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Updated: March 4, 2021
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