# Form text area non-resizable?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 7, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608 "2008-06-07T18:09:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![phlegma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phlegma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phlegma)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608/1 "2008-06-07T18:09:33Z")

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any idea how to make a text area box of a form non-resizable?

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**Author:** ![kdd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdd)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608/2 "2008-06-08T06:13:09Z")

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It should be non-re-sizable. Otherwise, I’m misunderstanding your problem. Are you using Safari and talking about that textarea resize?

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**Author:** ![phlegma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phlegma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phlegma)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608/3 "2008-06-08T07:51:23Z")

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yes that’s correct.

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**Author:** ![djheru](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/djheru/32/3190_2.png) [@djheru](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/djheru)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608/4 "2008-06-08T12:58:40Z")

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Try

```auto
textarea {
     resize:none;
}

```

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**Author:** ![phlegma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phlegma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phlegma)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-text-area-non-resizable/262608/5 "2008-06-08T17:27:02Z")

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perfect, thanks for the help.