Is there a simple way to make html textarea and input type text equally wide?

Question

Is there a simple way of getting a HTML textarea and an input type=\"text\" to render with (approximately) equal width (in pixels), that works in different browsers?

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Answer 1

As mentioned in Unequal Html textbox and dropdown width with XHTML 1.0 strict it also depends on your doctype. I have noticed that when using XHTML 1.0 strict, the difference in width does indeed appear.