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CSS Textarea that expands as you type text

I have a Textarea where users can input text. By default it has a height of 17px. However if users insert a large amount of text, I want the text area to expand accordingly. Is there a way to do this with CSS ? Thanks in advance!!

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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I know this is a little bit late, but I have to say there is a way to use <div> with contenteditable attribute to simulate desired behaviour.

.textareaElement {
  width: 300px;
  min-height: 17px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  max-height: 150px;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
}
<div class="textareaElement" contenteditable></div>

Just set your min and max height, with proper overflow values, and you have fully functional pure CSS expanding textbox, that is also well supported.

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over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar

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This cannot be done with CSS alone. try the autogrow jquery plugin. https://github.com/jaz303/jquery-grab-bag/blob/master/javascripts/jquery.autogrow-textarea.js

You can also see autogrow demo here http://onehackoranother.com/projects/jquery/jquery-grab-bag/autogrow-textarea.html

It's lightweight and easy to use. Here's how it's done. Define your textarea id. Include the jquery js file before </body>. Then between script tags, issue the jquery command $("#txtInput").autoGrow();

<body>
    <textarea id="txtInput"></textarea>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 

<script>
    $("#txtInput").autogrow();
</script>
</body>
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar

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This jQuery plugin is a really great one: http://www.jacklmoore.com/autosize

I've tested a bunch of these and this is by far the nicest. Also gives an example of using a CSS transition effect which is pretty slick.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar
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