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Form.textarea ViewHelper <f: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>
Source code
Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: TextareaViewHelper.php (GitHub).
Arguments
The following arguments are available for <f::
additionalAttributes
-
- Type
- mixed
Additional tag attributes. They will be added directly to the resulting HTML tag.
data
-
- Type
- mixed
Additional data-* attributes. They will each be added with a "data-" prefix.
aria
-
- Type
- mixed
Additional aria-* attributes. They will each be added with a "aria-" prefix.
name
-
- Type
- string
Name of input tag
value
-
- Type
- mixed
Value of input tag
property
-
- Type
- string
Name of Object Property. If used in conjunction with <f:form object="...">, the "name" property will be ignored, while "value" can be used to specify a default field value instead of the object property value.
autofocus
-
- Type
- string
Specifies that a text area should automatically get focus when the page loads
rows
-
- Type
- mixed
The number of rows of a text area
cols
-
- Type
- mixed
The number of columns of a text area
disabled
-
- Type
- string
Specifies that the input element should be disabled when the page loads
placeholder
-
- Type
- string
The placeholder of the textarea
errorClass
-
- Type
- string
- Default
'f3-form- error'
CSS class to set if there are errors for this ViewHelper
readonly
-
- Type
- string
The readonly attribute of the textarea
required
-
- Type
- boolean
Specifies whether the textarea is required
class
-
- Type
- string
CSS class(es) for this element
dir
-
- Type
- string
Text direction for this HTML element. Allowed strings: "ltr" (left to right), "rtl" (right to left)
id
-
- Type
- string
Unique (in this file) identifier for this HTML element.
lang
-
- Type
- string
Language for this element. Use short names specified in RFC 1766
style
-
- Type
- string
Individual CSS styles for this element
title
-
- Type
- string
Tooltip text of element
accesskey
-
- Type
- string
Keyboard shortcut to access this element
tabindex
-
- Type
- integer
Specifies the tab order of this element
onclick
-
- Type
- string
JavaScript evaluated for the onclick event