Unable to set textarea width with CSS

Question

I have attempted to use this CSS to set the width of my form elements:

input[type=\"text\"], textarea { width:250px; }

If you look at this Fire

Answer 1

Set width 100% and then use max-width:

     textarea { 
          width:100%;
          max-width:250px;
     }

// removed margin and padding, you can add it if you want.