textarea scroll not working

[gilgalbiblewheel]

I use css on the textarea. The text goes sideways instead of adding a scroll and go downwards:

<textarea rows="9" cols="20" name="keyword1" id="keyword1" style="position: absolute; top: 60px; left: 0px; border-width: thick; border-color: #FF0000;width:190px; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: hidden; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold;"></textarea>

[Tyssen]

Why have you got overflow on a textarea? Textareas will automatically add scrollbars when the content is longer than the height or rows specified.

[gilgalbiblewheel]

ok thanks that did it.