Title: Cannot modify Comment form Width
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot modify Comment form Width

 *  Resolved [vincent_mcneill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincent_mcneill/)
 * (@vincent_mcneill)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-modify-comment-form-width/)
 * I have a pretty frustrating problem with my comments form. I cannot get the “
   Comment” textarea to the correct width. I can change the width of the “Name,”“
   Email,” and “Website” textareas with no problem, but not the “Comment.” At this
   point I have been attempting this in the Master.css without success. My only 
   thought now is that something is overriding it. FYI, I am using the Vigilance
   theme, which I modified to make approximately 100px skinnier.
 * Here is an example of my issue, scroll down to the bottom for the comment form…
 * [http://www.vincentmcneill.com/2010/02/28/america-no-trespassing/](http://www.vincentmcneill.com/2010/02/28/america-no-trespassing/)
 * /*Form
    —————————————*/
 * form#commentform { margin-bottom: 20px; }
    #respond { font-size: 1.5em; } h4#
   postcomment { margin: 20px 0; padding: 0 0 5px 0; font-size: 1.2em; color: #555;
   border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; } form#commentform label.comment-field { display:
   block; margin: 10px 0 5px 0; } input.text-input, form#commentform textarea { 
   width: 500px; padding: 7px; background: #f8f8f8; font-family: inherit; font-size:
   0.9em; border: 1px solid #E6E6E6; } input#author, input#email, input#url { width:
   350px; } form#commentform input:focus, form#commentform textarea:focus { background:#
   fff; } form#commentform input#submit { padding: 5px; width: 150px; } form#commentform
   p.guidelines { margin: 10px 0; font-size: .8em; color: #777; } p.subscribe-to-
   comments, p.comments-rss { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: .9em; } p.comments-
   rss a { padding: 0 0 0 19px; background: url(../images/feed-icon.png) no-repeat
   0 .15em; }
 * Thanks for you help. Let me know any info I can provide that might help track
   down this issue.

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 * [textarea](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/textarea/)
 * [vigilance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/vigilance/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

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 * Last reply from: [vincent_mcneill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincent_mcneill/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-modify-comment-form-width/)
 * Status: resolved

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