But of course, there are ways, my friend. Auto-expanding textarea. 0. scroll to top in textarea below fixed div. CSS 3 has a new property for UI elements that will allow you to do this. See the example Textarea Auto Expand Height CSS. We're going to create custom form input and textarea styles that have a near-identical appearance across the top browsers. This is episode #21 in a series examining modern CSS solutions to problems I've been solving over the last 13+ years of being a frontend developer. by Ran Enoch â follow on Twitter here. In fact, there isnât any simple HTML or CSS way to make them do that. Definition and Usage . When you write text into textarea it automatically expand and increase height of textarea. My textarea in HTML is still resizeable despite adding 'resize:none' in CSS file in Opera browser. They differ from input fields because they are a lot larger than a typical input field, and can be manually resized by the user to accommodate a great deal of text. Tip: The size of a text area can also be set by the CSS height and width properties. 1. You can easily turn on and off textarea resize properties in a CSS3 style sheet and HTML5.By default resize properties are on and you can resize your