How can I turn an asp:textbox into a multiline ?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2013-07-24T01:01:45.687" class="fromnow">Jul 24 '13 at 01:01</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2020-02-14T20:19:06.053" datetime="2020-02-14T20:19:06.053">Feb 14 '20 at 20:19</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 46,460 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 4.6k times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="17823513" data-ownerid="2228081" data-score="24"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="17823513"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="24">24</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value="0">0</div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I'm using an ASP textbox as a textarea, which I recognize is rendered as an HTML <code><input type=text></code>. It has thus far served its intended purpose, with the exception that I cannot get the text to wrap or start at the top. </p> <p>Here is my markup:</p> <pre class="lang-.net prettyprint-override"><code><asp:textbox id="Message_Box" runat="server" mode="multiline" form="Feedback_Form" CssClass="Contact_Input" maxlength="1200" lines="10" cols="10" wrap="true" /> </code></pre> <p>and my CSS: </p> <pre class="lang-css prettyprint-override"><code>#Main_Box_Left form textarea, #Main_Box_Left form .Contact_Input { margin:0; padding:5px; height:228px; width:453px; max-width:455px; max-height:230px; min-height:230px; font-size:13px; line-height:20px; color:rgb(63,69,73); font-family:Arapey; font-weight:lighter; min-width:455px; margin-top:10px; background-color:#fcfcfc; border:1px solid #a9a9a9; border-top:1px solid #191919; border-left:1px solid #191919; } </code></pre> <p>The "lines", "cols", and "wrap" tags in the ASP component seemingly do nothing.</p> <p>If there is an alternative tag I should be using as a text area, please advise. If there is a way to wrap the text/make it start at the top, that would be fantastic as well. </p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/asp.net" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'asp.net'" rel="tag">asp.net</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited Feb 14 '20 at 20:19">edited Feb 14 '20 at 20:19</time> <a href="../../users/2756409/tylerh" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2756409.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="TylerH" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2756409/tylerh" class="s-user-card--link">TylerH</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">20,799</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="66 gold badges">66</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="75 silver badges">75</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="101 bronze badges">101</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Jul 24 '13 at 01:01">asked Jul 24 '13 at 01:01</time> <a href="../../users/2228081/btc" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2228081.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="BTC" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2228081/btc" class="s-user-card--link">BTC</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">3,802</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="5 gold badges">5</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="26 silver badges">26</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="39 bronze badges">39</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-17823513" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="17823513" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-26011958" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="26011958" data-comment-owner-id="1246391" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment26011958_17823513"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Do you have an example of the text not wrapping or starting at the top? Screenshot?</span> – <a href="../../users/1246391/karl-anderson" title="34,606 reputation" class="comment-user ">Karl Anderson</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/17823513/how-can-i-turn-an-asp-textbox-into-a-multiline-textarea#comment26011958_17823513"><span title="2013-07-24T01:08:06.583 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Jul 24 '13 at 01:08</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-26012195" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="26012195" data-comment-owner-id="1246391" data-comment-score="1"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">1</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment26012195_17823513"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">By the way `MaxLength` is ignored when `TextMode="MultiLine"`. It should also be `Rows` instead of `lines` and `Columns` instead of `cols`. I am actually shocked that your textarea rendered anywhere close to what you showed in the screenshot with your original attribute names on your ASP.NET TextBox control.</span> – <a href="../../users/1246391/karl-anderson" title="34,606 reputation" class="comment-user ">Karl Anderson</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/17823513/how-can-i-turn-an-asp-textbox-into-a-multiline-textarea#comment26012195_17823513"><span title="2013-07-24T01:25:20.477 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Jul 24 '13 at 01:25</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="17823641"></a> <div id="answer-17823641" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="17823641" data-ownerid="4665" data-score="59" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="17823641"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="59">59</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Change <code>mode="multiline"</code> to <code>TextMode="MultiLine"</code> this will render a <code>textarea</code> element</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2013-07-24T01:27:31.543" class="relativetime">Jul 24 '13 at 01:27</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">Jon P</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Jul 24 '13 at 01:17">answered Jul 24 '13 at 01:17</time> <a href="../../users/4665/jon-p" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/4665.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Jon P" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/4665/jon-p" class="s-user-card--link">Jon P</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">19,442</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="8 gold badges">8</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="49 silver badges">49</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="72 bronze badges">72</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>