SIZE Attribute | size Property

Sets or retrieves the size of the control.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT SIZE = iSize... >
Scripting object.size [ = iSize ]

Possible Values

iSize Integer that specifies or receives the size, in characters.
The property is read/write. The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Although this property is read/write, no change is visible when you set the size of the input type=reset, input type=submit, and input type=image objects. However, you can detect a change to the size property for these objects in code.
For the input type=text object, the size is in characters and represents the width of the text box. When the size is specified, the select object represents a list box with the specified number of rows.

Standards Information

property is defined in HTML 3.2 and defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text