I wanted to know how to change the text size,color,font,etc. in a textarea because whenever i do it, For example;
<forms><textarea><u>hi<u></textarea></forms>
the <u> tags appear in the text area and don't actually underline the text. HOw do i overcome this?

You can't use any HTML in textareas, because the code will always show up. You can try adding style="text-decoration: underline;" to the textarea tag, but that will make everything in the box underline.

The textarea shows EVERYTHING before the <textarea> and </textarea> tags. Thats why some people choose to show HTML using textareas.

you can change the font n stuff..but if you do..everything in your text area will be whatever you put in the text area tag..u can't make it like normal font on a page [like how u can change the font color and whatever whenever..gota stick to one for text areas]

Originally posted by flo
The textarea shows EVERYTHING before the <textarea> and </textarea> tags. Thats why some people choose to show HTML using textareas.

I meant BETWEEN the tags :P oops.