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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang=en>

<head>

  <meta charset=UTF-8>

  <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">

  <title>wrap soft — textarea example</title>

  <style>body{font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;margin:0;padding:1.5rem;background:#f8fafc;color:#334155;line-height:1.7}h1{margin:0 0 .75rem;font-size:1.25rem;color:#0f172a}label{display:block;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:.35rem}textarea{width:100%;max-width:280px;padding:.5rem;font:inherit;border:1px solid #cbd5e1;border-radius:6px}.hint{font-size:.8125rem;color:#64748b;margin-top:.75rem}button{margin-top:.75rem;padding:.45rem 1rem;font:inherit;background:#2563eb;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:6px;cursor:pointer}</style>

</head>

<body>

  <h1>wrap="soft"</h1>



  <form onsubmit=return!1>

    <label for=message>Your message</label>

    <textarea id=message name=message wrap=soft rows=4 cols=30 placeholder="Type a long line without pressing Enter…"></textarea>

    <button type=button onclick='alert("Submitted value:\n"+document.getElementById("message").value)'>

      Preview submitted value

    </button>

With wrap="soft", text wraps visually but browser wrap points are not added as line breaks in the submitted value.

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HTML wrap Attribute — soft (default)