Textarea

Textarea adds styling and autoResize functionality to standard textarea element.


import { Textarea } from 'primeng/textearea';;

Textarea is applied to an input field with pTextarea directive.


<textarea rows="5" cols="30" pTextarea [(ngModel)]="value"></textarea>

Textarea can also be used with reactive forms. In this case, the formControlName property is used to bind the component to a form control.


<form [formGroup]="formGroup">
    <textarea rows="5" cols="30" pTextarea formControlName="text"></textarea>
</form>

When autoResize is enabled, textarea grows instead of displaying a scrollbar.


<textarea rows="5"cols="30" pTextarea [autoResize]="true"></textarea>

A floating label appears on top of the input field when focused. Visit FloatLabel documentation for more information.


<p-floatlabel>
    <textarea pTextarea id="over_label" [(ngModel)]="value1" rows="5" cols="30" style="resize: none" class="h-full"></textarea>
    <label for="over_label">Over Label</label>
</p-floatlabel>

<p-floatlabel variant="in">
    <textarea pTextarea id="over_label" [(ngModel)]="value2" rows="5" cols="30" style="resize: none" class="h-full"></textarea>
    <label for="in_label">In Label</label>
</p-floatlabel>

<p-floatlabel variant="on">
    <textarea pTextarea id="over_label" [(ngModel)]="value3" rows="5" cols="30" style="resize: none" class="h-full"></textarea>
    <label for="on_label">On Label</label>
</p-floatlabel>

IftaLabel is used to create infield top aligned labels. Visit IftaLabel documentation for more information.


<p-iftalabel>
    <textarea pTextarea id="description" [(ngModel)]="value" rows="5" cols="30" style="resize: none"></textarea>
    <label for="description">Description</label>
</p-iftalabel>

Textarea provides small and large sizes as alternatives to the base.


<textarea pTextarea [(ngModel)]="value1" size="small" placeholder="Small" rows="3"></textarea>
<textarea pTextarea [(ngModel)]="value2" placeholder="Normal" rows="3"></textarea>
<textarea pTextarea [(ngModel)]="value3" size="large" placeholder="Large" rows="3"></textarea>

Specify the variant property as filled to display the component with a higher visual emphasis than the default outlined style.


<textarea [(ngModel)]="value" variant="filled" rows="5" cols="30" pTextarea></textarea>

Invalid state style is added using the ng-invalid and ng-dirty class to indicate a failed validation.


<textarea rows="5" cols="30" pTextarea [(ngModel)]="value" class="ng-invalid ng-dirty"></textarea>

When disabled is present, the element cannot be edited and focused.


<textarea rows="5"cols="30" pTextarea [disabled]="true"></textarea>

Screen Reader

Textarea component renders a native textarea element that implicitly includes any passed prop. Value to describe the component can either be provided via label tag combined with id prop or using aria-labelledby, aria-label props.


<label for="address1">Address 1</label>
<textarea pTextarea id="address1"></textarea>

<span id="address2">Address 2</span>
<textarea pTextarea aria-labelledby="address2"></textarea>

<textarea pTextarea aria-label="Address Details"></textarea>

Keyboard Support

KeyFunction
tabMoves focus to the input.