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Text Area

This allows users to input multiple lines of text. It is commonly used when you need to collect longer-form textual information, such as user comments, messages, or any other type of free-form text. The Text Areacomponent provides a larger input area compared to a single-line Text Field component.

Properties​

The following properties are available to configure the behavior of the component from the form editor (this is in addition to common properties.

Auto size​

Height auto size feature.

Allow clear​

If allowed to remove input content with clear icon.

Show chars count​

Whether to show character count.

Default Value​

This allows you to set the default value for the input field. formData is exposed.

Empty as Default​

Whether the component should be initialized to an empty string.

Min Length​

This sets a minimum length allowed for user input. If validation is not satisfied then a Validation error message will be rendered beneath the text field. E.g. Password must be at least 5 characters

Max Length​

This sets a maximum length allowed for user input. Once the validation has been satisifed then it will restrict user input.

Validator​

This allows for javascript expressions to enter custom validator logic and should return a promise. Example implementation can be found here