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form.textarea

Generates an <textarea>.

The value of the text area needs to be set via the value attribute, as with all other form ViewHelpers.

Examples

Example:

<f:form.textarea name="myTextArea" value="This is shown inside the textarea" />

Output:

<textarea name="myTextArea">This is shown inside the textarea</textarea>

Arguments

additionalAttributes

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

Additional tag attributes. They will be added directly to the resulting HTML tag.

data

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

Additional data-* attributes. They will each be added with a "data-" prefix.

name

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Name of input tag

value

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

Value of input tag

property

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Name of Object Property. If used in conjunction with <f:form object="...">, "name" and "value" properties will be ignored.

autofocus

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Specifies that a text area should automatically get focus when the page loads

rows

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

The number of rows of a text area

cols

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

The number of columns of a text area

disabled

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Specifies that the input element should be disabled when the page loads

placeholder

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

The placeholder of the textarea

errorClass

DataType

string

Default

'f3-form-error'

Required

false

Description

CSS class to set if there are errors for this ViewHelper

readonly

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

The readonly attribute of the textarea

required

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

Specifies whether the textarea is required

class

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

CSS class(es) for this element

dir

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Text direction for this HTML element. Allowed strings: "ltr" (left to right), "rtl" (right to left)

id

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Unique (in this file) identifier for this HTML element.

lang

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Language for this element. Use short names specified in RFC 1766

style

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Individual CSS styles for this element

title

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Tooltip text of element

accesskey

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Keyboard shortcut to access this element

tabindex

DataType

integer

Required

false

Description

Specifies the tab order of this element

onclick

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

JavaScript evaluated for the onclick event