Is it possible to wrap text in an input?

Question

No - I don't want to use a textarea.

I want to style an text input to basically look like a textarea. Thus I want it to break text instead of extend horizontally.

Why? I want to disallow line breaks in user input and I want to avoid to implement javascript which disallows return, removing line breaks from pasted content and other possible hacks.

Answer 1

No. It is not possible to wrap text in an input as a standard feature.

If you manage to hack it, that would be invalid HTML.

HTML5 spec:

4.10.5.1.2 Text (type=text) state and Search state (type=search)

The input element represents a one line plain text edit control for the element's value.

(emphasis mine)