Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(revision 5351)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(working copy)
@@ -4069,6 +4069,14 @@
 			$retVal = ' '.$wAttrib.'="'.$size.'"';
 		} else {	// Setting width by style-attribute. 'cols' MUST be avoided with NN6+
 			$pixels = ceil($size*$this->form_rowsToStylewidth);
+		   		// override width with userTS	
+			$userTs = $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getTSConfigProp('options');
+			if ($textarea) {
+				if (isset($userTs['textareaWidth']) && t3lib_div::intInRange($userTs['textareaWidth'], 10, 5000)) {
+					$pixels = $userTs['textareaWidth'];	
+				}
+			}
+			
 			$theStyle = 'width:'.$pixels.'px;'.$this->defStyle.$this->formElStyle($textarea?'text':'input');
 			$retVal = ' style="'.htmlspecialchars($theStyle).'"';