Textarea component | Magento 2 Developer Documentation

The Textarea component implements the <textarea> form field.

Configuration options

Option	Description	Type	Default
`cols`	The number of columns that will be specified in the `cols` attribute of the textarea DOM element.	Number	`15`
`component`	The path to the component’s `.js` file in terms of RequireJS.	String	`'Magento_Ui/js/form/element/textarea'`
`elementTmpl`	The path to the `.html` template of the particular type of field (textarea).	String	`'ui/form/element/textarea'`
`label`	Label to be displayed in the field.	String	`''`
`rows`	The number of rows that will be specified in the `rows` attribute of the textarea DOM element.	Number	`2`
`template`	The path to the general field `.html` template.	String	`'ui/form/field'`

Source files

Extends Abstract:

Examples

Integrate the Textarea component with the Form component

This example integrates the Textarea component with the Form component.

<form>
    ...
    <fieldset>
        ...
        <field name="textarea_example">
            <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="formElement" xsi:type="string">textarea</item>
                    <item name="cols" xsi:type="number">15</item>
                    <item name="rows" xsi:type="number">5</item>
                    <item name="label" translate="true" xsi:type="string">Textarea Field Example</item>
                    <item name="dataType" translate="true" xsi:type="string">text</item>
                </item>
            </argument>
        </field>
    </fieldset>
</form>

Result

Textarea Component example