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Accessibility standard/s for multilined <input type="text"> fields

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I have a simple HTML contact form and I wish to create a text area in it with <input type="text"> but without a <textarea> tag.

The end product should be an <input type="text"> field which by the help of CSS, be styled pretty much with the same default style of a <textarea> element.

Are there any accessibility standards (such as minimum height or minimal character allowance, etc.) for such a field?

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I don't really understand your question. What is "_minimum_ character allowance_"? Is that the requir... (3 comments)
I don't really understand your question. What is "_minimum_ character allowance_"? Is that the requir...
elgonzo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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I don't really understand your question. What is "minimum character allowance"? Is that the required minimum length of characters to consider the text in the text area valid? What has "minimum height" to do with accessibility? Anyways, since text <input> fields are single-line by nature, I fear you are out of luck, and your way forward is using a <textarea>

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Hello elgonzo.

By "minimum character allowance" I meant to limit the field to start from a minimum number of characters, to prevent textarea messages with the text such as "a" or "x" --- if the field isn't totally empty or if it's not but there won't be enough characters, the form won't be submitted.

hkotsubo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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input type="text" is single line by definition. If you want multiline input, use a textarea - unless there's a good reason to not use it (and I don't see - and can't imagine - any reason for that)