Text area

Introduction

Text Area represents a component that allows users to enter and edit multiple lines of text. It provides a larger input field compared to a regular input, allowing users to enter longer paragraphs or multiline text. It is especially useful for collecting longer blocks of text, such as comments, descriptions, or feedback.

This component is based on Input. It is included within the following NPM package: @react-form-builder/components-rsuite.

The text area component can be customized in terms of size, rows, placeholder text, and style to align with your design and requirements. The following introduces and describes available properties and customization options.

Main properties

The following general properties are available within the Main tab:

Name	Type	Description
Label	string	Text that is displayed for the component
Value	string	Enter default value for the text area
Placeholder	string	Specify placeholder for the text area. Will not visible if a Value is provided
Rows	number	Sets the number of displayed rows for the text area
Size	choice	Sets the size of the text area (e.g., large, small, etc. )
Disabled	boolean	Disables the component
Read Only	boolean	If set to true, makes your component unavailable for users to interact with

At the bottom of the Main properties menu, you can find additional options:

• Render When: Provides conditional rendering for your calendar as described in the corresponding chapter.
• HTML attributes: Allows you to provide custom HTML attributes for your form.

Style properties

These are properties that allow to customize the size, color and other style properties of your component:

• For Device: You can provide component's style customization for all devices or specific devices by using this dropdown list. Refer to Adaptive Layout for more details.

• Component > Class Name: Add a class name for your component for the subsequent styling if necessary.

• Wrapper: The options below enable you to tailor the appearance of your component and customize it for a specific device type, as selected in the For Device property:

  Name	Type	Description
  Width	number	Specifies the width for your component
  Height	number	Specifies the height for your component
  Margin top/right/bottom/left	number	Margin values for you component
  Color	string	Allows customizing the text color
  Background color	string	Enables customizing the background color