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Description

The Textarea component has to be used as a multi-line text input control with an unlimited number of characters possible.

Demos

Textarea with rows and colds

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<Textarea
  label="Default"
  rows="2"
  cols="20"
  value="Textarea value
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  spellCheck={false}
  on_change={({ value }) => {
    console.log('on_change', value)
  }}
  on_focus={() => {
    console.log('on_focus')
  }}
  on_blur={() => {
    console.log('on_blur')
  }}
/>

Textarea with placeholder text

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<Textarea label="Placeholder" placeholder="Placeholder text" />

Vertically placed label

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<Textarea
  label="Vertical"
  label_direction="vertical"
  rows="3"
  cols="33"
  value="Textarea value with more than 3 lines
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/>

Stretched horizontally placed label

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<Textarea
  label="Horizontal"
  stretch={true}
  rows="3"
  value="Nec litora inceptos vestibulum id interdum donec gravida."
/>

Autoresize with max rows

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<Textarea
  label="Autogrow"
  rows={1}
  autoresize={true}
  autoresize_max_rows={4}
  placeholder="Placeholder"
  on_key_down={({ rows, event }) => {
    if (rows >= 4 && event.key === 'Enter') {
      event.preventDefault()
    }
  }}
/>

Max length usage

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<Textarea
  label="Length limit"
  rows="3"
  cols="33"
  maxLength={20}
  required
  value="Nec litora inceptos vestibulum id interdum donec gravida."
/>

Character counter

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<Textarea
  label="Count characters"
  label_direction="vertical"
  autoresize
  value="Textarea value
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  status="Message to the user"
  characterCounter
  maxLength={40}
/>

With FormStatus failure message

Message to the user
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<Textarea
  label="Error Message"
  cols="33"
  value="Nec litora inceptos vestibulum id interdum donec gravida."
  status="Message to the user"
/>

Disabled textarea

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<Textarea
  label="Disabled"
  disabled
  value="Nec litora inceptos vestibulum id interdum donec gravida."
/>

Textarea with a suffix

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<Textarea
  label="Textarea with suffix"
  value="Nec litora inceptos vestibulum id interdum donec gravida."
  suffix={<HelpButton title="Modal Title">Modal content</HelpButton>}
/>