How can I change cols of textarea in twitter-bootstrap?

Question

If I change the value of :rows, it works. But it stays at the default cols whatever value I set with \':cols =>\'. Column width won\'t change.

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Answer 1

Simply add the bootstrap "row-fluid" class to the textarea. It will stretch to 100% width;

Update: For bootstrap 3.x use "col-xs-12" class for textarea;

Update II: Also if you want to extend the container to full width use: container-fluid class.