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Asked: May 22, 20262026-05-22T21:21:01+00:00 2026-05-22T21:21:01+00:00

Why is there an element <textarea> instead of <input type=textarea> ?

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Why is there an element <textarea> instead of <input type="textarea">?

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    2026-05-22T21:21:02+00:00Added an answer on May 22, 2026 at 9:21 pm

    Maybe this is going a bit too far back but…

    Also, I’d like to suggest that multiline text fields have a different type (e.g. “textarea”) than single-line fields (“text”), as they really are different types of things, and imply different issues (semantics) for client-side handling.

    – Marc Andreessen, 11 October 1993

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