A basic textarea

<textarea>text here</textarea>

Give the textarea width and height

<textarea
rows="4" cols="35">
text here</textarea>

Textarea with the scrollbar on the left

<textarea dir="rtl"
rows="4" cols="15">this is where you add
your text
or code
</textarea>

Textarea with background color and font color

<textarea
style="background:#000000"
style="font-family:times new roman"
style="color:FF00ff"
style="border:6px groove #FF99FF"
rows="4" cols="15">this is where you add
your text
or code
</textarea>

Textarea with a background image

<textarea
style="background-color: #ffoooo;
background-image: url('http://yoursite.com/images/yourpic.gif')"
style="font-family:times new roman"
style="color:FF00ff"
style="border:6px groove #FF99FF"
rows="3" cols="20">
add your text here
</textarea>

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