# Textarea

A multiline text field.

![textarea_editor](/img/textarea_editor.png)

~~~js
scheduler.locale.labels.section_text = 'Text';

scheduler.config.lightbox.sections = [
    { name:"text", height:50, map_to:"text", type:"textarea", focus:true },
    { name:"time", height:72, type:"time", map_to:"auto"}
];
~~~


[Basic initialization](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/scheduler/samples/01_initialization_loading/01_basic_init.html)


## Initialization

One Textarea control is added to the lightbox by default. To add another one, follow these steps:
1. <b>Add the section to the lightbox configuration:</b>
~~~js
scheduler.config.lightbox.sections = [
    { name:"text", ... },
       { name:"location", height:50, map_to:"location", type:"textarea"},
    { name:"time", ...}
];
~~~
2. ><b>Set the label for the section:</b>
~~~js
scheduler.locale.labels.section_location = "Location";
~~~

  


[Map view](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/scheduler/samples/03_extensions/19_map_view.html)


## Properties

The following properties are mostly important and commonly set for the 'textarea' control (see the full list[here](api/config/lightbox.md)):

<table class="webixdoc_links">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>name</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) section's name</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>height</b></td>
  <td>(<i>number</i>) section's height</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>map_to</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the name of a data property that will be mapped to the section</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>type</b></td>
  <td>(<i>textarea,time,select,template,multiselect,radio,checkbox,combo</i>) the type of the section's control</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td class="webixdoc_links0"><b>placeholder</b></td>
  <td>(<i>string</i>) the placeholder value for an empty textarea</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>