Textarea

Text Area is a form element that allows users to input longer data entries in the form of text. It is used for entries that span multiple lines, such as commentaries or descriptions.

Implementations

The component Textarea is available in the following technologies:

CSS Components

Web Components

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters are the attributes that can be used to customize the component when using it in a project. They apply to the WebComponents implementation and wrappers and to the Vue and React CSS implementations. Some parameters names change between the implementations, in order to follow the conventions of each technology and framework.

For example, the param model is named ngModel in Angular, modelValue in Vue, but stays as model in React.

By default, all the parameters are optional or can be set in different, except for the ones marked as required

The parametrization of the component can be done with the following custom params or properties:

Name	Type	Slottable	Description
config	string		The main parameter has two components following the pattern: <shape><?:size>. shape: Establishes the styling of the input. Default value is line . Possible values are: shaped or line. , size: (optional) defines de size of the input. The default value is m, being omitted from the param. The possible values are: m or l.
label	string	✅	Label of the input
placeholder	string		Placeholder of the input
readonly	boolean		Transforms the input into an output
autocomplete	string		Automated assistance in filling out form field values
model	string		Value of the model
disabled	boolean		Blocks the interaction with the input component by using the disabled attribute of the HTML input element.
required	boolean		Marks the input component as required. If and interaction is made with the input and the value is nullable or empty, the input will be marked as invalid as using the invalid attribute.
name	string		Identification for the field inside the form.
help-text	string	✅	The forced message to be shown under the input. It is used to give more information about the input, or a message to the user, specially when the input is invalid.
invalid	boolean		The attribute that forces the state of the input as invalid.
max-length	number		The maximum number of characters allowed in the textarea
elastic	boolean		Makes the textarea grow with its content
custom	object		A record of key-value pairs to set the CSS custom tokens. It's a complex attribute set as an JS object in stringified JSON format. Example: <z-textarea custom='{"fill":"#06e7a3"}' />
custom-str	string		The stringified version of the custom property. It follows the pattern key:value;key:value;, with the possibility of setting multiple values and spaces between the punctuation characters. Example: <z-textarea custom-str="fill:#06e7a3" />
z-theme	string		Sets the theme of the component. The possible values are light and dark. <z-textarea z-theme="dark" />

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Customization

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Check everything about the customization mechanics in the "How it works" documentation.

CSS Variable	Type	Description
--z-textarea--min-height	distance	Minimum height of the textarea

The minimum height can be customized using the --z-textarea--min-height CSS custom property.

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