TextArea

The TextArea control is used to type unstyled text with the possibility to jump lines.

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
label	Creates a label tag next to the textarea tag.
labelposition	Where to place the label tag, "left" or "right"; default: left.
id	id attribute of the textarea
name	the name of the textarea; defaults to the control's id
enabled	true or false; if false, the textarea is grayed and its content cannot be modified
cols	width of the textarea in characters. Default: 60
rows	height of the textarea in characters. Default: 10
init	XPath attribute; the initialization text

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Element	Description
any xhtml or xsl element

Styling information

The XHTML structure created by the acs:TextArea is the following:

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<!-- if labelposition left -->
<label for="{@id}">@label</label>
<textarea id="{@id}" name="{@name or @id}" cols="60" rows="10">
  <!-- @init -->
</textarea>
<!-- if labelposition right -->
<label for="{@id}">@label</label>

Examples

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<acs:TextArea id="mytextarea" cols="100" rows="20" init="{THEME/DESCRIPTION}" />