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--- source	(revision 2768)
+++ source	(revision 2769)
@@ -62570,7 +62570,21 @@
   implement any relevant animations, etc, that are appropriate for the
   platform. <a href="#refsCSSUI">[CSSUI]</a></p>
 
+  <hr>
 
+  <p>The <dfn>converting a character width to pixels</dfn> algorithm,
+  used by some of the bindings below, returns <span>(<var
+  title="">size-1</var>)&times;<var
+  title="">avg</var>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<var title="">max</var></span>, where
+  <var title="">size</var> is the character width to convert, <var
+  title="">avg</var> is the average character width of the primary
+  font for the element for which the algorithm is being run, in
+  pixels, and <var title="">max</var> is the maximum character width
+  of that same font, also in pixels. (The element's 'letter-spacing'
+  property does not affect the result.)</p>
+
+
+
   <h4>The <code>bb</code> element</h4>
 
   <pre class="css">@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@@ -62672,11 +62686,11 @@
   states has a <code title="attr-input-size">size</code> attribute,
   and parsing that attribute's value using the <span>rules for parsing
   non-negative integers</span> doesn't generate an error, then the
-  user agent is expected to use the attribute as a
-  <span>presentational hints</span> for the 'width' property on the
-  element, with the value obtained from applying the <span>converting
-  a character width to pixels</span> algorithm to the value of the
-  attribute.</p>
+  user agent is expected to use the attribute as a <span
+  title="presentational hints">presentational hint</span> for the
+  'width' property on the element, with the value obtained from
+  applying the <span>converting a character width to pixels</span>
+  algorithm to the value of the attribute.</p>
 
   <p>If an <code>input</code> element whose <code
   title="attr-input-type">type</code> attribute is in one of the above
@@ -62687,18 +62701,8 @@
   from applying the <span>converting a character width to
   pixels</span> algorithm to the number 20.</p>
 
-  <p>The <dfn>converting a character width to pixels</dfn> algorithm
-  return <span>(<var title="">size-1</var>)&times;<var
-  title="">avg</var>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<var title="">max</var></span>, where
-  <var title="">size</var> is the character width to convert, <var
-  title="">avg</var> is the average character width of the primary
-  font for the element for which the algorithm is being run, in
-  pixels, and <var title="">max</var> is the maximum character width
-  of that same font, also in pixels. (The element's 'letter-spacing'
-  property does not affect the result.)</p>
 
 
-
   <h4>The <code>input</code> element as domain-specific widgets</h4>
 
   <pre class="css">@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@@ -62975,19 +62979,20 @@
   as an 'inline-block' box whose 'height' is the height necessary to
   contain as many rows for items as <span title="rules for parsing
   non-negative integers">specified</span> by the element's <code
-  title="attr-select-size">size</code> attribute, and whose 'width' is
-  the <span>width of the <code>select</code>'s labels</span>, plus the
-  width of a scrollbar.</p>
+  title="attr-select-size">size</code> attribute, or four rows if the
+  attribute is absent, and whose 'width' is the <span>width of the
+  <code>select</code>'s labels</span> plus the width of a
+  scrollbar.</p>
 
   <p>When the <i title="">select</i> binding applies to a
   <code>select</code> element whose <code
   title="attr-select-multiple">multiple</code> attribute is absent,
   and the element's <code title="attr-select-size">size</code>
   attribute is either absent or <span title="rules for parsing
-  non-negative integers">specifies</span> a value less than or equal
-  to 1, the element is expected to render as a one-line drop down box
-  whose width is the <span>width of the <code>select</code>'s
-  labels</span>.</p>
+  non-negative integers">specifies</span> either no value (an error),
+  or a value less than or equal to 1, the element is expected to
+  render as a one-line drop down box whose width is the <span>width of
+  the <code>select</code>'s labels</span>.</p>
 
   <p>In either case (list box or drop-down box), the element's items
   are expected to be the element's <span
@@ -63013,15 +63018,36 @@
 
 
 
+  <h4>The <code>textarea</code> element</h4>
 
+  <pre class="css">@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
 
+textarea { binding: <i title="">textarea</i>; }</pre>
 
-  <h4>The <code>textarea</code> element</h4>
+  <p>When the <i title="">textarea</i> binding applies to a
+  <code>textarea</code> element, the element is expected to render as
+  an 'inline-block' box rendered as a multiline text field.</p>
 
-  <p class="XXX">...</p>
+  <p>If the element has a <code title="attr-input-cols">cols</code>
+  attribute, and parsing that attribute's value using the <span>rules
+  for parsing non-negative integers</span> doesn't generate an error,
+  then the user agent is expected to use the attribute as a <span
+  title="presentational hints">presentational hint</span> for the
+  'width' property on the element, with the value obtained from
+  applying the <span>converting a character width to pixels</span>
+  algorithm to the value of the attribute and then adding the width of
+  a scroll bar.</p>
 
+  <p>If the element has a <code title="attr-input-rows">rows</code>
+  attribute, and parsing that attribute's value using the <span>rules
+  for parsing non-negative integers</span> doesn't generate an error,
+  then the user agent is expected to use the attribute as a <span
+  title="presentational hints">presentational hint</span> for the
+  'height' property on the element, with the value being the specified
+  number of lines, plus the height of a scrollbar.</p>
 
 
+
   <h3>Frames and framesets</h3>
 
   <p>When an <code>html</code> element's second child element is a

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