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Textarea

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

Textarea control

Related sample: Form. All controls

Related sample: Form. Textarea

Adding Textarea​

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

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

Properties​

View the full list of configuration properties of the Textarea control.

Working with Textarea​

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

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

const value = form.getItem("textarea").getValue();

Methods​

Check the full list of methods of the Textarea control.

Events​

Check the full list of events of the Textarea control.