A text area with a maximum length of 50 characters:
The maxlength attribute specifies the maximum length (in characters) of a text area.
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
Attribute | |||||
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maxlength | Yes | 10.0 | 4.0 | Yes | 15.0 |
The maxlength attribute is new for the <textarea> tag in HTML5.
Value | Description |
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number | The maximum number of characters allowed in the text area |