1. Components
  2. Textarea

Basic Forms

Tailwind CSS Textarea

A textarea is an element on a webpage that you can type into.

Attention needed

By default Preline UI uses Tailwind CSS Forms plugin. Don't forget to install it!

Basic usage

Placeholder

Basic input example with placeholder.

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Label

Basic input example with label.

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Hidden label

<label> elements hidden using the .sr-only class

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Basic

Basic input example.

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Types

Gray input

Gray textarea variant.

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Underline input

Underline textarea variant.

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Floating label

A placeholder is required on each <input> as our method uses the :placeholder-shown pseudo-element. Also note that the <input> must come first so we can utilize a sibling selector (e.g., ~).

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Default height with autoheight script

Use data-hs-default-height="*" to set the height of the textarea while maintaining the auto-height feature. Ensure to include the rows="1" attribute as well.

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Sizes

Inputs stacked small to large sizes.

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Readonly

Add the readonly boolean attribute on an input to prevent modification of the input’s value.

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Disabled

Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input to remove pointer events, and prevent focusing.

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Helper text

Basic input example with helper text.

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Corner hint

Basic input example with corner-hint.

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Autoheight

Autoheight example.

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Basic usage in modal window.

Textarea examples

Advanced custom examples.

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Validation states

It provides valuable, actionable feedback to your users with HTML5 form validation.

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Destroy and Reinitialize

Provides destroy method that helps to destroy a textarea autoheight.

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