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Textarea

Surface for accepting multi-line user input
name
type
default
description
actionIcon
"symbol" | "object" | "label" | "form" | "slot" | "style" | "title" | "textarea" | "small" | "center" | "a" | "abbr" | "address" | "area" | "article" | "aside" | "audio" | "b" | "base" | "bdi" | "bdo" | "big" | "blockquote" | "body" | "br" | "button" | "canvas" | "caption" | "cite" | "code" | "col" | "colgroup" | "data" | "datalist" | "dd" | "del" | "details" | "dfn" | "dialog" | "div" | "dl" | "dt" | "em" | "embed" | "fieldset" | "figcaption" | "figure" | "footer" | "h1" | "h2" | "h3" | "h4" | "h5" | "h6" | "head" | "header" | "hgroup" | "hr" | "html" | "i" | "iframe" | "img" | "input" | "ins" | "kbd" | "keygen" | "legend" | "li" | "link" | "main" | "map" | "mark" | "menu" | "menuitem" | "meta" | "meter" | "nav" | "noindex" | "noscript" | "ol" | "optgroup" | "option" | "output" | "p" | "param" | "picture" | "pre" | "progress" | "q" | "rp" | "rt" | "ruby" | "s" | "samp" | "search" | "script" | "section" | "select" | "source" | "span" | "strong" | "sub" | "summary" | "sup" | "table" | "template" | "tbody" | "td" | "tfoot" | "th" | "thead" | "time" | "tr" | "track" | "u" | "ul" | "var" | "video" | "wbr" | "webview" | "svg" | "animate" | "animateMotion" | "animateTransform" | "circle" | "clipPath" | "defs" | "desc" | "ellipse" | "feBlend" | "feColorMatrix" | "feComponentTransfer" | "feComposite" | "feConvolveMatrix" | "feDiffuseLighting" | "feDisplacementMap" | "feDistantLight" | "feDropShadow" | "feFlood" | "feFuncA" | "feFuncB" | "feFuncG" | "feFuncR" | "feGaussianBlur" | "feImage" | "feMerge" | "feMergeNode" | "feMorphology" | "feOffset" | "fePointLight" | "feSpecularLighting" | "feSpotLight" | "feTile" | "feTurbulence" | "filter" | "foreignObject" | "g" | "image" | "line" | "linearGradient" | "marker" | "mask" | "metadata" | "mpath" | "path" | "pattern" | "polygon" | "polyline" | "radialGradient" | "rect" | "set" | "stop" | "switch" | "text" | "textPath" | "tspan" | "use" | "view" | ComponentClass<any, any> | FunctionComponent<any> | FunctionComponent<{}> | ComponentClass<{}, any>
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A replacement icon for the action button
alwaysShowAction
boolean
false
If true, will show the action button even when there is not input
autoCorrect
string
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If true, the input will automatically correct words it marks as spelling errors.
autoFocus
boolean
-
If true, the component will attempt to get focus after it is rendered.
clearable
boolean
false
If true, will show a clear button when the input has value
defaultValue
string | number
-
The initial value. Useful for detecting changes in value.
description
ReactNode
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Description text or react component.
disabled
boolean
-
If true, prevents user interaction.
error
ReactNode
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Error text or a react component.
hideLabel
boolean
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If true, hides the label and secondary label.
id
string
-
The id attribute of the textarea element.
label *
Required
ReactNode
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Label text or react component
labelSecondary
ReactNode
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Secondary text or react component
maxLength
number
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The maximum number of characters allowed.
name
string
textarea
The name attribute of the textarea element.
placeholder
string
-
The placeholder attribute for textarea.
readOnly
boolean
-
If true, will set the Fields component to read only mode The readOnly attribute for textarea.
ref
null | string | (instance: HTMLTextAreaElement | null) => void | RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement>
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Allows getting a ref to the component instance. Once the component unmounts, React will set `ref.current` to `null` (or call the ref with `null` if you passed a callback ref). @see {@link https://react.dev/learn/referencing-values-with-refs#refs-and-the-dom React Docs}
required
boolean
-
Adds mark to label
reverse
boolean
-
Have label appear on the left of the form element.
rows
number
5
Specifies the height of the text area in rows.
showDot
boolean
-
If true, shows a status dot of the current state of validation
size
"small" | "medium"
medium
The size of the textarea.
spellCheck
false | true | "true" | "false"
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Textarea will mark words which it thinks are misspellings.
tabIndex
number
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The tabindex attribute of textarea.
validated
boolean
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If true the value of the textarea has been validated
value
string | number
-
The value attribute of textarea.
width
"auto" | "60vh" | "80vw" | "0" | "unset" | "initial" | "px" | "0.25" | "0.5" | "0.75" | "1" | "1.25" | "1.5" | "1.75" | "2" | "2.5" | "3" | "3.5" | "4" | "4.5" | "5" | "5.5" | "6" | "6.5" | "7" | "7.5" | "8" | "8.5" | "9" | "10" | "11" | "12" | "13" | "14" | "15" | "16" | "18" | "20" | "22.5" | "24" | "25" | "26" | "28" | "30" | "32" | "36" | "40" | "44" | "45" | "48" | "52" | "56" | "60" | "64" | "72" | "80" | "96" | "112" | "128" | "144" | "168" | "192" | "224" | "256" | "288" | "320" | "1/4" | "1/3" | "1/2" | "2/3" | "3/4" | "full" | "fit" | "max" | "min" | "viewHeight" | "viewWidth" | "none" | "dialogMobileWidth" | "dialogDesktopWidth" | "center" | "-0.5" | "-1.5" | "-4" | "-4.5" | "-6" | "-px" | "-full"
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A tokens space key value setting the width of the parent element.
onClickAction
() => void
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A custom handler that replaces the clear handler
onChange
ChangeEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>
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The handler for change events.
onBlur
FocusEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>
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The handler for blur events.
onFocus
FocusEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>
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The handler for focus events.
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