Developer Template Documentation v4.13

fm:Form_TextArea

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Component to draw a textarea.

Example

<fm:Form_TextArea name="add_comments"></fm:Form_TextArea>

Supported attributes

Name	Required	Default	Description
class	Optional		The css classname that will be assigned to the actual html form field. Note that a few default classes might be added
cols	Optional	N/A	The number of columns of the textarea
disabled	Optional	N/A	This will set the html disabled attribute
id	Optional	randomized	The id of the form element. Note that this id will also be used for the 'for' attribute in the <label> component
label	Optional	N/A	This attribute will be used to generate labels for this component, if it's used within an fm:Form component
language	Optional	N/A	This specifies which language to use for the display of the form_country dropdown. Choices are: en - English es - Spanish fr - French nl - Dutch
name	Required	N/A	The name of the form field. This is how the value will be submitted back to the server
readonly	Optional	N/A	This sets the html readonly attribute and controls if the user can change the value
required	Optional	0	Set required to '1' if you'd like the form validator to check if this form element has a value before submitting
rows	Optional	N/A	The number of rows of the textarea
style	Optional		The style attribute for the actual form component
title	Optional	N/A	Sets the title attribute on the textarea element
value	Optional		The current value of the form element

Template variables

This component defines no template variables.

More examples

<fm:Form_TextArea id="comment_field" class="comment" label="Your comment" cols="10" rows="10"></fm:Form_TextArea>