Override the max-width of textareas in content submission forms

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This snippet allows you to control the max-width (or the number of columns) of text areas in submission forms on your site.

step 1 of 1

1. Using a text editor like notepad.exe or equivalent, paste the snippet below into your template.php file (remembering to omit the opening and closing PHP tags i.e. <?php. and ?>). If a template.php file doesn't exist, simply create one and include just the opening PHP tag i.e. <?php.
2. Adjust the column width to suit.
3. Upload your edited template.php file to your active theme folder and your new layouts will take effect automatically
<?php
/**
* This snippet overrides the max column width of
* text areas in content submission forms.
*
*/

function phptemplate_textarea($element) {
  $class = array('form-textarea');
  if ($element['#cols'] > 30) {
    $element['#cols'] = 80; // increase or reduce the max col width value to suit. The default is 80.
  }
  $cols = $element['#cols'] ? ' cols="'. $element['#cols'] .'"' : '';
  _form_set_class($element, $class);
  return theme('form_element', $element['#title'], '<textarea'. $cols .' rows="'. $element['#rows'] .'" name="'. $element['#name'] .'" id="' . $element['#id'] .'" '. drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .'>'. check_plain($element['#value']) .'</textarea>', $element['#description'], $element['#id'], $element['#required'], form_get_error($element));
}
?>