# Scaling textArea component

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-textarea-component/123080>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 20, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-textarea-component/123080 "2004-09-20T10:04:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pietertje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pietertje](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pietertje)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scaling-textarea-component/123080/1 "2004-09-20T10:04:59Z")

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I’m using the textArea component, but i want to scale it to the size of the browser window. The problem is it scale the content(xml+css) and the scrollbar, and i want to just change the size.  
I’ve also tried to attach the Component and then setting the size, but that give the same problem.  
good:  
 ![](http://www.pietertje.nl/dropbox/goed.jpg)  
wrong:  
 ![](http://www.pietertje.nl/dropbox/fout.jpg)

i hope someone can help…