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Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Pt. I. Creating Content with HTML

Ch. 1. What Is a Markup Language?

Ch. 2. HTML Values and Units

Ch. 3. What Goes into a Web Document?

Ch. 4. The HEAD Elements

Ch. 5. Text Structuring Essentials

Ch. 6. Character Formatting Essentials

Understanding Forms

Inserting a Form

Text Input Boxes

Password Input Boxes

Large Text Input

Submit and Reset Buttons

Tab Order and Keyboard Shortcuts

Preventing Changes

Fieldsets and Legends

Using Events with Forms

Form Scripts and Script Services

Ch. 12. Colors and Images

Ch. 13. Multimedia

Ch. 14. Special Characters

Ch. 15. Internationalization and Localization

Ch. 16. Scripts

Ch. 17. Dynamic HTML

Ch. 18. The Future of HTML: HTML5

Pt. II. HTML Tools and Variants

Pt. III. Controlling Presentation with CSS

Pt. IV. Additional CSS Tools

Appx. A. XHTML Element Quick Reference

Appx. B. HTML Special Characters Quick Reference

Appx. C. CSS 2.1 Properties Quick Reference

Appx. D. CSS 2.1 Selectors Quick Reference

Appx. E. Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes Quick Reference

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11.9. Large Text Input

For large pieces of text, you can use the <textarea> tag. This tag can accept textual input of up to 1,024 characters and uses a multiline text box for input.

The <textarea> tag has the following format:

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