[whatwg] Why there is no wrap="off", intentional or forgotten?

Oldřich Vetešník vetesnik at mrmil.cz
Wed Jun 2 04:23:20 PDT 2010


Dne Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:05:37 +0200 Ashley Sheridan  
<ash at ashleysheridan.co.uk> napsal(a):

> That does seem odd. I would have thought the default value would be
> 'off' or 'no' as I've never seen a browser yet wrap text in a textarea
> unless a specific wrapping method was specified either via an attribute
> or CSS.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

By default it wraps, otherwise you would end up with with a horizontal  
scroll bar. If only resize: both; worked in all browsers and not just  
webkit :).

Ollie



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