# Textarea style not working

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/textarea-style-not-working/119465>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/textarea-style-not-working/119465 "2017-05-24T21:14:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nanquim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/nanquim/32/54466_2.png) [@nanquim](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/nanquim)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/textarea-style-not-working/119465/1 "2017-05-24T21:14:45Z")

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I’m customizing a bootstrap form for my portfolio project…

It works for all the elements, but not for textarea (the last one)

What is happening?

```
#bootstrap-overrides input[type="text"]:focus, input[type="email"]:focus, 
input[type="tel"]:focus, input[type="submit"]:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus{
    border-color:#620062;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(130, 38, 130, 1), 0 0 8px rgba(170, 49, 170, 0.51);
    outline: 0 none;
}
```

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**Author:** ![nanquim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/nanquim/32/54466_2.png) [@nanquim](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/nanquim)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/textarea-style-not-working/119465/2 "2017-05-24T23:54:43Z")

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Solve it… I think the problem was that I have 2 textareas, so I had to create a class and apply to them:

```
#bootstrap-overrides input[type="text"]:focus, input[type="email"]:focus, 
input[type="tel"]:focus, input[type="submit"]:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus, .txa-border:focus{
    border-color:#620062;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(130, 38, 130, 1), 0 0 8px rgba(170, 49, 170, 0.51);
    outline: 0 none;
}
```

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/textarea-style-not-working/119465/3 "2021-01-17T20:54:18Z")

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Closed on January 17, 2021, 8:54pm UTC