TextAreaFor Cannot Set Width

Question

I cannot set the width or cols in atextarea. Rows/Height works just fine. can someone please help thanks!

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken(         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue and found the following piece of CSS in my Site.css to be the cause (which I commented out).

/* Set width on the form input elements since they're 100% wide by default */
input,
select,
textarea {
    max-width: 280px;
}