diff --git a/src/digital-components/textarea-question/textarea-question.vue b/src/digital-components/textarea-question/textarea-question.vue
index a7c5e30bc..ab5ad3c55 100644
--- a/src/digital-components/textarea-question/textarea-question.vue
+++ b/src/digital-components/textarea-question/textarea-question.vue
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
             <label for="textarea-comments" class="fw-bold" v-html="TextAreaContentWidget"></label> <span v-if="!isRequired" class="fw-normal ms-1">(Optional)</span>
         </div>
         <textarea
-            rows="4"
             id="textarea-comments"
+            class="p-4"
             :maxlength=maxLength
             role="textbox"
+            aria-multiline="true"
             :aria-required=isRequired>
         </textarea>
         <p tabindex="0" class="caption mt-2 mb-0" id="charactersremaining">
@@ -51,9 +52,6 @@ export default {
         TextAreaContentWidget() {
             return this.getCmsContent(this.cmsWidgetName, "QuestionText");
         },
-        setUpTest() {
-            this.enableRemainingCounter();
-        },
         value: {
             get: function () {
                 return this.modelValue;
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ export default {
             },
         },
     },
-    mounted: function () {
+    mounted: function () { //Remaining characters countdown
         const my_textarea = document.getElementById("textarea-comments");
         const remaining = document.getElementById("charactersremaining");
         const remain = this.maxLength;