diff --git a/src/lib/sass/__fixtures__/formeo-baseline.css b/src/lib/sass/__fixtures__/formeo-baseline.css
index cfd841d0..4c5f6220 100644
--- a/src/lib/sass/__fixtures__/formeo-baseline.css
+++ b/src/lib/sass/__fixtures__/formeo-baseline.css
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ button[class*=-clone]:hover .svg-icon {
 }
 .formeo textarea {
   height: auto;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  resize: vertical;
 }
 .formeo button {
   border-radius: 4px;
diff --git a/src/lib/sass/base/_bs.scss b/src/lib/sass/base/_bs.scss
index ca1cc1e2..a4b61602 100644
--- a/src/lib/sass/base/_bs.scss
+++ b/src/lib/sass/base/_bs.scss
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ textarea {
   @include mixins.input-style;
 
   height: auto;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  resize: vertical;
 }
 
 button {
diff --git a/tests/textarea-resize.spec.js b/tests/textarea-resize.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3a744ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/textarea-resize.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// @ts-check
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { gotoEditor } from './helpers/editor.js'
+
+// Refs #217: a textarea's native resize handle could drag it wider than its
+// column, since textareas had no max-width/resize rule constraining them.
+test.describe('Textarea resize stays inside its column', () => {
+  test.use({ viewport: { width: 2200, height: 1000 } })
+
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoEditor(page)
+  })
+
+  test('dragging the resize handle does not widen the textarea past its column', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'TextArea' }).click()
+    const ta = page.locator('.formeo-stage textarea').first()
+    await ta.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+    const col = ta.locator('xpath=ancestor::*[contains(@class,"formeo-column")][1]')
+    await expect(col).toHaveCount(1)
+
+    const taBoxBefore = await ta.boundingBox()
+    const colBoxBefore = await col.boundingBox()
+    expect(taBoxBefore).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(colBoxBefore).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const box = /** @type {NonNullable<typeof taBoxBefore>} */ (taBoxBefore)
+    // Drag from the bottom-right corner (the native resize handle) well past the
+    // column's right edge.
+    await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width - 3, box.y + box.height - 3)
+    await page.mouse.down()
+    await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width - 3 + 600, box.y + box.height - 3 + 150, { steps: 10 })
+    await page.mouse.up()
+
+    const taBoxAfter = await ta.boundingBox()
+    const colBoxAfter = await col.boundingBox()
+    expect(taBoxAfter).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(colBoxAfter).toBeTruthy()
+    const after = /** @type {NonNullable<typeof taBoxAfter>} */ (taBoxAfter)
+    const colAfter = /** @type {NonNullable<typeof colBoxAfter>} */ (colBoxAfter)
+
+    // The textarea's right edge must never extend past its column's right edge.
+    expect(after.x + after.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(colAfter.x + colAfter.width + 1)
+  })
+})