# AutoGrow Textareas with CSS

DevFeed: [AutoGrow Textareas with CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/autogrow-textareas-with-css-37473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://davidwalsh.name/autogrow-textareas>)

Author: David Walsh

Published: 2023-12-18T11:55:51Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [David Walsh](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/david-walsh.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [css-html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css-html5.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial about using CSS to make textarea elements expand automatically, including how to allow vertical and horizontal growth and constrain the size with standard properties.

## Source excerpt

As the demands of the web change and developers experiment with different user experiences, the need for more native language improvements expands. Our presentation layer, CSS, has done incredibly well in improving capabilities, even if sometimes too slow. The need for native support for automatically expanding textarea elements has been long known...and it's finally here! [...] The post AutoGrow Textareas with CSS appeared first on David Walsh Blog.