A very useful type of input is

<TEXTAREA>.

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS">
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

You control the size of the box like so...

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS" ROWS=6 COLS=50>
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

Html code for this textarea here.

A good attribute to include in <TEXTAREA> is WRAP. Some browsers do not understand it, but if that's the case, they will just ignore it.

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS" ROWS=3 COLS=30 WRAP="soft">
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

WRAP="soft" means that the text in the box wraps, but it is sent as one long continuous string.

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS" ROWS=3 COLS=30 WRAP="hard">
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

WRAP="hard" means that the text in the box wraps, and it is sent that way too.

<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS" ROWS=3 COLS=30 WRAP="off">
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>

This is normally the default.
WRAP="off" means that the text in the box does not wrap, although it is sent exactly the way it was typed in.

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