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Asked: 2026-05-20T23:36:48+00:00

I need to use a textarea to show some text. The problem is that

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I need to use a textarea to show some text. The problem is that if I place 4-5 rows of text a scrollbar will appear. How can I use CSS/HTML so that the textarea will be as large as it’s content (no scrollbar).

  • the textarea doesn’t need to change it’s size dynamicaly, I use it only to show a text (I could also use a disabled textarea)

  • I want the textarea to stretch only verticaly.

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I use the textarea to show some text from a database, so when the textarea (with the text in it) is created, it should show the whole text at once with no scrollbars.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I´m afraid you´ll have to resort to javascript to set the height of your textarea. You can use the scrollHeight property to determine the total height.

    Alternatively you could just use a div and style the div to look like a textarea. The div will grow automatically and as it´s a disabled textarea anyway, you don´t really need it to be a textarea.

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