[ A single line input box]
[ A single line input box, with the characters replaced by asterisk or dash ]
[ A text box 40 columns wide and 5 rows high. In Netscape the text only wraps at newline characters ]
[ A similar text box, except the text is forced to wrap at the edges of the box ] This text area box is using physical wrapping, meaning that the text is wrapped when it reaches the edge of the text area box. It will also wrap text at newlines as normal.
[ A textarea box containing HTML tags ]
A readonly textarea box. Although you can view the text and move around the box, the contents can't be altered. This textarea box is marked as readonly. Therefore it can be useful for displaying license agreements and contracts, text that the user would need to read, but that you don't want them to edit. The text can be copied to the clipboard, so it can be saved to disc easily enough.