By AndriaD on

I'm not sure this is the correct place for this inquiry, but in the development area it says "no support questions," so this is probably the most appropriate.

My question/problem relates to the number of columns in a textarea; where the default (60; specifically for a blog post) is coming from, and how to change it. Yes, I have hunted thru all my modules and include files, and even, for what little it's worth to a non-programmer like myself, consulted the Drupal API pages relevant to this issue. I have found this code:

 _form_set_class($element, $class);
  return theme('form_element', $element, '<textarea cols="'. $element['#cols'] .'" rows="'. $element['#rows'] .'" name="'. $element['#name'] .'" id="'. $element['#id'] .'" '. drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .'>'. check_plain($element['#value']) .'</textarea>');

but it doesn't really help, as I have no earthly idea where the "$element['#cols']" is coming from, or how to change it, and THAT is precisely what I need to know. I repeat, I am not a programmer (merely a brave and fairly experienced amateur geek), so I have no real knowledge of the php "language."

Can anyone help?

Thx!
Andria

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govindtotla commented

I have just fixed this issue by adding a line to my core css - : textarea { resize:none; width:70% !important;} and also in /includes/form.inc -: if ($element['#cols'] > 30) {$element['#cols'] = 30;} in theme_textarea (line:2090) function. This is just a patch but solved my problem. :)