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" />
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Output:

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

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: Form\TextareaViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments

The following arguments are available for the form.textarea ViewHelper:

accesskey
Type
string
Keyboard shortcut to access this element
additionalAttributes
Type
array
Additional tag attributes. They will be added directly to the resulting HTML tag.
aria
Type
array
Additional aria-* attributes. They will each be added with a "aria-" prefix.
autofocus
Type
string
Specifies that a text area should automatically get focus when the page loads
class
Type
string
CSS class(es) for this element
cols
Type
int
The number of columns of a text area
data
Type
array
Additional data-* attributes. They will each be added with a "data-" prefix.
dir
Type
string
Text direction for this HTML element. Allowed strings: "ltr" (left to right), "rtl" (right to left)
disabled
Type
string
Specifies that the input element should be disabled when the page loads
errorClass
Type
string
Default
'f3-form-error'
CSS class to set if there are errors for this ViewHelper
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
name
Type
string
Name of input tag
onclick
Type
string
JavaScript evaluated for the onclick event
placeholder
Type
string
The placeholder of the textarea
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.
readonly
Type
string
The readonly attribute of the textarea
required
Type
bool
Default
false
Specifies whether the textarea is required
rows
Type
int
The number of rows of a text area
style
Type
string
Individual CSS styles for this element
tabindex
Type
integer
Specifies the tab order of this element
title
Type
string
Tooltip text of element
value
Type
mixed
Value of input tag