can't change the height of a text field in simple_form

Question

I\'ve tried

  #Default size for text inputs.  
  config.default_input_size = 10

from config/initializers/simple_form.rb

I\'ve also tri

Answer 1

You need to do this

<%= f.input :message, :input_html => {:rows => 10} %>

Html text area tag attributes has two attributes namely rows and cols which lets you specify the no of rows and columns(i.e. width) of your text area. If this is not working then open the console and see if your css is overriding the height.