Textarea

Use Textarea for multi-line text input form fields
  • Alpha
  • Not reviewed for accessibility
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import {Textarea} from '@primer/react'

Examples

Textarea components must always be accompanied by a corresponding label to improve support for assistive technologies. Examples below are provided for conciseness and may not reflect accessibility best practices.

Use the FormControl component to render a Textarea with a corresponding label.

Controlled mode

Uncontrolled mode

Displaying form validation state

Inactive

Resize

By default, Textarea can be resized by the user vertically and horizontally. Resizing can be prevented by setting resize to none

Custom styling

Props

Textarea

NameTypeDefaultDescription
required
boolean

Indicates to the user and assistive technologies that the field value is required

cols
number

Specifies the visible width of a text area.

rows
number

Specifies the visible height of a text area.

block
boolean
false

Expands with width of the component to fill the parent elements

resize
'both' | 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 'none'
'both'

Changes the resize behavior

contrast
boolean
false

Changes background color to a higher contrast color

validationStatus
'success' | 'error' | undefined

Style the textarea to match the current form validation status

ref
React.RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement>
as
React.ElementType
"input"

The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component.

sx
SystemStyleObject

Status

Alpha

  • Component props and basic example usage of the component are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
  • Component can adapt to different themes.
  • Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
  • Component has robust unit test coverage (100% where achievable).
  • Component has visual regression coverage of its default and interactive states.
  • Component does not introduce any axe violations.
  • Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Beta

  • Component is used in a production application.
  • Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
  • Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component does not introduce any performance regressions.

Stable

  • Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
  • Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
  • Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
  • Tooling (such as linters, codemods, etc.) exists to prevent further use of alternatives.