Why is there a lot of "white space" in the imput box of my Textarea imput field

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hi everyone.

quick question. i noticed that whenever i use the textarea imput box that there is a lot of 'white space ’ when a person clicks into the box.

i obviously want the mouse pointer to start at the very start of the box and not half way down.

is there a function to make the mouse start at the beginning.

i enclose a copy of my imput field below.




         <?php echo '<textarea   name="essay"   id="essaylet"        cols="30" rows="15" maxlength="2000"
        style="font-family: Tahoma; width: 620px;    font-size: 12pt"
            />'?>

       <?php echo        $ES ?>

            <?php echo ' </textarea> '; ?>

warm regards

Andreea 115

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What is $ES ?

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<?php echo '<textarea name="essay" id="essaylet" cols="30" rows="15" maxlength="2000"
        style="font-family: Tahoma; width: 620px;    font-size: 12pt" />'?><?php echo $ES ?><?php echo '</textarea> '; ?>

Just format your code properly between the textarea tags. Inspect the HTML source code for the resulting page.

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Use the following code, It may help you out.

<?php echo '<textarea name="essay" id="essaylet" cols="30" rows="15" maxlength="2000"
        style="font-family: Tahoma; width: 620px;    font-size: 12pt" />'. trim($ES).'</textarea> '; ?>