Using JavaScript, we can set our Textarea element to automatically grow with its content
The following examples illustrate how we can achieve the above scenario.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
* {
margin: 3%;
color: navy;
font-size: 1.2em;
}
#ta {
padding: 2%;
resize: none;
width: 330px;
min-height: 80px;
overflow: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<label for="ta">Cool TextArea</label>
<textarea id="ta"></textarea>
</form>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$("#ta").on('input', function() {
var scroll_height = $("#ta").get(0).scrollHeight;
$("#ta").css('height', scroll_height + 'px');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following result −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
margin: 3%;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
#ta {
padding: 2%;
resize: none;
width: 333px;
min-height: 90px;
overflow: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-size: 1.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<textarea id="ta"></textarea>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$("#ta").on('input', function() {
var scroll_height = $("#ta").get(0).scrollHeight;
$("#ta").css('height', scroll_height + 'px');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following result −
