title: How can I turn an asp:textbox into a multiline <textarea>?
body: <p>I'm using an ASP textbox as a textarea, which I recognize is rendered as an HTML <code>&lt;input type=text&gt;</code>. It has thus far served its intended purpose, with the exception that I cannot get the text to wrap or start at the top. </p>
  
  <p>Here is my markup:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-.net prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;asp:textbox id="Message_Box" runat="server" mode="multiline" form="Feedback_Form" CssClass="Contact_Input" maxlength="1200" lines="10" cols="10" wrap="true"  /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and my CSS: </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-css prettyprint-override"><code>#Main_Box_Left form textarea, #Main_Box_Left form .Contact_Input {
      margin:0;
      padding:5px;
      height:228px;
      width:453px;
      max-width:455px;
      max-height:230px;
      min-height:230px;
      font-size:13px;
      line-height:20px;   
      color:rgb(63,69,73);
      font-family:Arapey;
      font-weight:lighter;
      min-width:455px;
      margin-top:10px;
      background-color:#fcfcfc;
      border:1px solid #a9a9a9;
      border-top:1px solid #191919;
      border-left:1px solid #191919;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The "lines", "cols", and "wrap" tags in the ASP component seemingly do nothing.</p>
  
  <p>If there is an alternative tag I should be using as a text area, please advise. If there is a way to wrap the text/make it start at the top, that would be fantastic as well. </p>