Text area

I didn’t make any changes to the size of the text area. I have seen the default size of the text area differ between Firefox and Chrome – do you see the same behavior in both?

Regardless, changing the size of the text area is pretty easy. It would similar to what you have above but instead of “input” you would have “textarea”.

div.ss-form-entry > input, div.ss-form-entry > textarea {
    width:99%;
    max-width: 550px;
    font-family: Georgia, Tahoma, Verdana;
    font-size: 12px;
    background-color: #DCDCDC;
}

You would define different CSS if you want to two different types of input different heights and widths.

Many thanks, I just added div.ss-form-entry > textarea after div.ss-form-entry > input, as you suggested and all is well.

It is a mystery to me why it all changed. Just to check with you: I also have this CSS:

input.ss-q-short, textarea.ss-q-long {
max-width: 550px;
width: 99%;
}

I can’t remember why I put it there. Do I have to have it if I also have the other code?

Many thanks for your prompt response and help.

It is hard to say definitively because without knowing the CSS load order, it is impossible to determine which takes priority. I would need to actually look at the form. The easiest way to test would be to comment it the code out and see if it works correctly. If it does, then you can eliminate it.

I’ll do it. Many thanks again.

I’m having the same problem and I added the code you suggested to my form via the “Form CSS” but nothing changed.
Here’s a link to the page:
https://trailsallianceofsantafe.org/test-google-form/

Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have Custom CSS enabled? From looking at the HTML source it doesn’t look like it.

Dashboard > Settings > Google Forms – Make sure the Custom CSS checkbox is checked.

I just had a chance to look at your form using my computer instead of my iPad. Based on the HTML source, it definitely looks like you do not have the Custom CSS capability enabled. It is not turned on by default, you need to enable it as I noted above.

That worked!
Thanks Mike!

Steve

Mike – If you are available for custom work could you please contact me at
[ email deleted ]

@swashbu Please don’t post your email address in these forums or solicit paid work from others that way.

I am sure Mike can post a contact URL if he’s interested.