textarea-ex1.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <!-- https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_textarea.asp -->
  <!-- https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_textarea -->
<head>
<title>codez: textarea</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
</head>
<body>

<h1>The textarea element</h1>

<form action="/action_page.php">
  <p><label for="sumText">Sum Text:</label></p>
  <textarea id="sumText" name="sumText" rows="20" cols="80">At w3schools.com you will learn how to make a website. They offer free tutorials in all web development technologies.</textarea>
  <br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

  <p>
  	Click the "Submit" button and the 
  	form-data will be sent to a page on the 
  	server called "action_page.php".
  </p>
</body>
</html>