When you type inside the element in Netscape Navigator 4.5, the text scrolls horizontally. You need to press Enter to create a new line. Internet Explorer 4 doesn’t require a carriage return to wrap the text at the edge of the text area box.To make sure that both browsers wrap text the same way inside the <textarea> element, you can add the ‘wrap’ attribute to the element. Set the wrap attribute value to ‘soft’ for a soft wrap. For example:

Using wrap=”soft” is especially important if you are using script to update text inside a element and want the text to wrap nicely in Navigator 4.5.