I want my textarea to have a fixed width

Question

I have seen it on some sites where the textarea input can by drawn only downward but not to sideways.

<textarea cols="10" rows="5" charswidth="23" name="text_body"></textarea>

I have tried those but the width is still extendable. Please how can I do this?

Answer 1

textarea {
  resize: vertical;
}

<textarea cols="10" rows="5" charswidth="23" name="text_body"></textarea>

JSFiddle Demo

MDN docs for resize

Answer 2

This can be achieved via CSS.

    <textarea cols="10" rows="5" charswidth="23" name="text_body" style="resize:vertical"></textarea>