Textarea
Textarea is used to set a value that is multiple lines of text.
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TextArea
component is part of the Primer forms framework. If you're building a form, please consider using the framework instead of this standalone component.Description
Text areas are multi-line text inputs rendered using the <textarea>
tag in HTML.
Arguments
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
full_width | Boolean | N/A | When set to |
name | String | N/A | Value for the HTML name attribute. |
id | String | N/A | Value for the HTML id attribute. |
class | String | N/A | CSS classes to include in the input's HTML |
classes | Array | N/A | CSS classes to include in the input's HTML |
caption | String | N/A | A string describing the field and what sorts of input it expects. Displayed below the input. |
label | String | N/A | Label text displayed above the input. |
visually_hide_label | Boolean | N/A | When set to |
disabled | Boolean | N/A | When set to |
hidden | Boolean | N/A | When set to |
invalid | Boolean | N/A | If set to |
validation_message | String | N/A | A string displayed between the caption and the input indicating the input's contents are invalid. This option is, by default, set to the first Rails validation message for the input (assuming the form is associated with a model object). Use |
label_arguments | Hash | N/A | Attributes that will be passed to Rails' |
scope_name_to_model | Boolean | N/A | Default |
scope_id_to_model | Boolean | N/A | Default |
required | Boolean | N/A | Default |
aria | Hash | N/A | Key/value pairs that represent Aria attributes and their values. Eg. |
data | Hash | N/A | Key/value pairs that represent data attributes and their values. Eg. |
system_arguments | Hash | N/A | A hash of attributes passed to the underlying Rails builder methods. These options may mean something special depending on the type of input, otherwise they are emitted as HTML attributes. See the Rails documentation for more information. In addition, the usual Primer utility arguments are accepted in system arguments. For example, passing |