Textarea
Use Textarea for longer content input, comments, and multi-line responses.
Example
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API reference
TextareaProps
labelstring—
Name: label
Description: Visible label text for textarea.
Type: string
Default: —
maxLengthnumber—
Name: maxLength
Description: Maximum number of characters allowed.
Type: number
Default: —
showCountbooleanfalse
Name: showCount
Description: Displays live character count footer.
Type: boolean
Default: false
errorstring—
Name: error
Description: Error message displayed with alert semantics.
Type: string
Default: —
helperTextstring—
Name: helperText
Description: Support text displayed when not in error state.
Type: string
Default: —
Accessibility
- WCAG 1.3.1: Textarea is labeled and connected to helper content.
- WCAG 3.3.2: Instructions are provided before data entry.
- WCAG 4.1.3: Character count updates are communicated reliably.