method

textarea

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: CGI::HtmlExtension

textarea(name = "", cols = 70, rows = 10) public

Generate a TextArea element, as a String.

name is the name of the textarea. cols is the number of columns and rows is the number of rows in the display.

Alternatively, the attributes can be specified as a hash.

The body is provided by the passed-in no-argument block

textarea("name")
   # = textarea("NAME" => "name", "COLS" => 70, "ROWS" => 10)

textarea("name", 40, 5)
   # = textarea("NAME" => "name", "COLS" => 40, "ROWS" => 5)

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# File lib/cgi/html.rb, line 820
    def textarea(name = "", cols = 70, rows = 10)  # :yield:
      attributes = if name.kind_of?(String)
                     { "NAME" => name, "COLS" => cols.to_s,
                       "ROWS" => rows.to_s }
                   else
                     name
                   end
      if block_given?
        super(attributes){ yield }
      else
        super(attributes)
      end
    end

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