Textarea

A control that allows a user to enter a simple multi-line text.

Related sample:  Textareas - DHTMLX Form

Related sample:  All dhxForm inputs - DHTMLX Form

Adding Textarea

You can easily add a Textarea control during initialization of a form:

var form = new dhx.Form("form_container", {
    rows: [
        {
            type: "textarea",
            label: "textarea",
            labelInline: true,
            labelWidth: "70px",
            value: "Some nice text",
            width:400
        }
    ]
});

Attributes

You can provide the following attributes in the configuration object of a Textarea:

• type - (string) the type of a control, set it to "checkbox"
• name - (string) the name of a control
• id - (string) the id of a control, auto-generated if not set
• value - (string) the initial value of the textarea
• validation - (object|function) the rule of input validation. Can be set in two ways:
  • as an object with validation rules listed below:
    • "" - empty
    • "email" - validEmail
    • "integer" - validInteger
    • "numeric" - validNumeric
    • "alphanumeric" - validAplhaNumeric
    • "IPv4" - validIPv4
  • as a function that defines a custom validation rule. It takes as a parameter the value typed in the input and returns true, if the entered value is valid.
• placeholder - (string) a tip for the textarea
• readOnly - (boolean) defines whether a textarea is readonly
• resizable - (boolean) adds a resizer icon into a textarea, if set to true
• width - (string) the width of a control
• height - (string) the height of a control
• css - (string) adds style classes to a control
• disabled - (boolean) defines whether a control is enabled (false) or disabled (true)
• label - (string) specifies a label for a control
• labelWidth - (string|number) sets the width of the label of a control
• hiddenLabel - (boolean) invisible label that will be used to identify the input on the server side
• labelPosition - (string) defines the position of a label: "left"|"top"
• required - (boolean) defines whether a control is required
• helpMessage - (string) adds a help message to a control
• preMessage - (string) a message that contains instructions for interacting with the control
• successMessage - (string) a message that appears in case of successful validation of the control value
• errorMessage - (string) a message that appears in case of error during validation of the control value
• gravity - (boolean) arranges form controls evenly throughout the container, depending on the direction of layout ("cols" or "rows"), true by default

Working with Textarea

You can manipulate a Textarea control by using methods of the object returned by the getItem() method.

For example, you can get the value of the control:

var value = form.getItem("textarea_id").getValue();

List of the control methods:

• clear() - clears a value of a Textarea control
• clearValidate() - clears validation of a Textarea control
• disable() - disables a Textarea control on a page
• enable() - enables a disabled Textarea control
• getValue(): string - returns the current string value of a Textarea control
• isDisabled(): boolean - checks whether a Textarea control is disabled
• setValue(value: string) - sets the value as a string for a Textarea control
• validate(): boolean - validates a Textarea control. Returns the result of validation: true, if a control is valid, otherwise - false

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