Title: Cannot  get textarea multiline
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot get textarea multiline

 *  [LDF1311](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ldf1311/)
 * (@ldf1311)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-textarea-multiline/)
 * CF7 work very well.
    I use with several differents themes. The most used is LAMBDA.
 * The my problem is the folowing:
 * the textarea is showed ALWAYS with 1 line also if resized. I would show a space
   more row (height).
    I read the documentation but seem don’t accept the size example:[
   textarea your-message 40×20]
 * Testing with customers, a lot don’t saw and understood how enlrge a textarea.
 * I tried also to look at the CSS but without results.
 * How I can resolve it?
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [davmerit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davmerit/)
 * (@davmerit)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-textarea-multiline/#post-6620592)
 * The actual look of CF7 forms on your website will depend largely on the current
   WordPress theme used and the CSS styling that theme applies to standard HTML 
   form elements.
 * To change the style of your CF7 forms you would need to edit the CSS style sheets
   used by your WordPress theme.
 * See [Styling Contact Form](http://contactform7.com/styling-contact-form/) for
   a general explanation of styling CF7 forms using CSS.
 * There is a link at the bottom of the page to a comprehensive and detailed article
   on **Styling Contact Form 7 Forms**. The article shows people, with suitable 
   HTML & CSS skills, how to change the appearance of their Contact Form 7 Forms
   to meet their particular requirements.
 * If you find you need more detailed advice, after reading and working through 
   the above links, please include a link to your Contact Form 7 form, so others
   here can examine your form in detail using [Firebug](https://getfirebug.com/)
   or [Chrome Dev Tools](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/) 
   to understand the CSS used for your CF7 form elements and provide you with a 
   possible solution.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-textarea-multiline/#post-6620592)
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