ptcs-textarea¶
Visual¶

Overview¶
<ptcs-textarea> is a multiline input box that can be customized to fit your application.
Usage Examples¶
Basic Usage¶
<ptcs-textarea label="Write a description" hint-text="Add detailed explanation"></ptcs-textarea>
Shows an text area box with a label and a hint text.
Component API¶
Properties¶
| Property | Type | Description | Default | Triggers a changed event? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| allowResize | Boolean | Enables users to resize the text area at runtime. | false | No |
| counter | Boolean | Adds a characters counter at the end of the field | No | |
| disabled | Boolean | If true, the user cannot interact with this element | false | No |
| hasText | Boolean | read-only property, indicating if text has a non-empty value | No | |
| hintText | String | Hint for an empty textarea | "" | No |
| label | String | Label that is shown for the textarea | "" | No |
| labelAlignment | String | Alignment of label (left, right, center). | "left" | No |
| maxNumberOfCharacters | number | Allows only specified amount of characters. | 100 | No |
| errorThreshold | String | Lets users set error threshold above which the error should be shown. It can be set in percentage (for example, 43%) as well as numberOfCharacters (for example, 43). | 0.9 | No |
| readOnly | Boolean | This attribute indicates that the user cannot modify the value of the control | No | |
| text | String | The initial value of the control. Supports two-way data binding | "" | Yes |
| textAlignment | String | Alignment of text (left, right, center). | "left" | No |
| tooltip | String | The tooltip that appears when hovering over the text area, or when it has keyboard focus | null | No |
| tooltipIcon | String | The icon for the tooltip | null | No |
| validity | String | Returns the value of validation: "undefined", "unverified", "invalid" or "valid" | No | |
| extraValidation | Function | Custom client validation function. This is invoked with the text component itself as parameter, so that it can use any ptcs-textarea property for custom validation. Can return true (= valid), false (= invalid), or undefined (ignore validation) |
No | |
| externalValidity | String | Controls the state of the validation. You can set this property to unvalidated, valid, or invalid. | No | |
| hideValidationCriteria | Boolean | Don't show validation criteria in unvalidated state? | No | |
| hideValidationError | Boolean | Don't show validation error state? | No | |
| hideValidationSuccess | Boolean | Don't show validation success state? | No | |
| required | Boolean | Validation criterion: Need to enter text | No | |
| requiredMessage | String | The message that is displayed when no text is entered. | "A value is required" | No |
| minlength | Number | Validation criterion: minimum text length | No | |
| minLengthFailureMessage | String | The message to display when the value is invalid because of min length | No | |
| maxlength | Number | Validation criterion: maximum text length | No | |
| maxLengthFailureMessage | String | The message to display when the current value exceeds the maximum character length. | No | |
| resizeDirection | String | Controls the resize direction for the text area. You can resize the area horizontally, vertically, or in both directions. | "Both" | No |
| validationCriteria | String | The validation details message | No | |
| validationCriteriaIcon | String | Icon for criteria state (unvalidated). | "cds:icon_info" | No |
| validationErrorIcon | String | Icon for error state (invalid). | "cds:icon_error" | No |
| validationMessage | String | The validation (title) message | No | |
| validationSuccessDetails | String | The validation success details message | No | |
| validationSuccessIcon | String | Icon for success state (valid). | "cds:icon_success" | No |
| validationSuccessMessage | String | The validation success (title) message. | "Success" | No |
Events¶
| Name | Data | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text-changed | { text } | Triggered whenever the value changes |
Methods¶
No methods
Styling¶
Parts¶
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| root | The text area parent element |
| label | The label element |
| text-box | The element that wraps value and counter |
| hint-text | The hint text value inside the text-box element |
| text-value | The text value element inside the text-box element |
| counter | The characters counter element inside the text-box element |
CSS Variables¶
Currently no variables are available
State attributes¶
| Attribute | Description | Part |
|---|---|---|
| counter | Set to a text field with a characters counter | :host |
| disabled | Set to a disabled text field | :host, text-value |
| hintText | Set hint-text value to be presented on text-box | :host, hint-text |
| readOnly | Set to a read-only (non-editable) text area | :host, text-value |
| label | Set label value | :host, label |
| labelAlignment | Set text alignment in label part | :host, label |
| maxNumberOfCharacters | Set maximum number of characters to be entered in text-value | :host, text-value |
| textAlignment | Set text alignment of text-value input | :host, text-value |
| pattern | String | Validation criterion: Regular expression. Field is valid only if the text matches this pattern rule |