Title: Textarea rows & cols
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Textarea rows & cols

 *  Resolved [Jenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedijenn/)
 * (@jedijenn)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/)
 * Hello, I have a question. I have tried to fix the number of rows and cols, and
   it does not seem to want to work properly.
 *     ```
       <p>Your Message (required)<br />
           [textarea* your-message 100x100] </p>
       ```
   
 * Contact form:
    [http://japc.kisekinohana.net/connectcontact/](http://japc.kisekinohana.net/connectcontact/)
 * It seems to get the columns correct, but not the rows.
 * Thanks,
    Jenn
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458183)
 * I checked your form and it appears the number of rows and cols is as you specify.
   ​​
   The “size” you use in CF7 tags refers to the standard HTML [size](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-size-INPUT)
   attribute which may or may not control overall element size. Its main purpose
   is to limit the number of characters and/or rows you can enter.
 * With modern CSS based websites the overall size of the form elements is more 
   generally controlled by the CSS in your current 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.
 *  Thread Starter [Jenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedijenn/)
 * (@jedijenn)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458338)
 * I understand that we need to edit the theme stylesheet, and I’m pretty familiar
   with CSS… I’m just not sure how to proceed exactly with respect to which element
   controls the size of the texarea field.
 * So what exactly am I supposed to change to make the message textarea box as big
   as the reply box here?
 *  Thread Starter [Jenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedijenn/)
 * (@jedijenn)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458339)
 * Never mind, I figured it out. Thanks for the help.
 * I used the following code:
 *     ```
       .wpcf7 textarea
       {background-color: #fff;
           color: #000;
           width: 50%;
        height: 200px;
       }
       ```
   
 * That is correct?
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458342)
 * Code looks good – If this resolves your question, it helps others contributing
   here, if you can flag your post as [resolved]
 *  Thread Starter [Jenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedijenn/)
 * (@jedijenn)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458355)
 * resolved.

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## Tags

 * [columns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/columns/)
 * [rows](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rows/)
 * [textarea](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/textarea/)

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 * Last reply from: [Jenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedijenn/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/textarea-rows-cols/#post-5458355)
 * Status: resolved