inputTextArea

HTML textarea tag. Any textarea with an associated cols or rows value will do a best guess for the other attribute using the associated maximum length, if any

Tag Information
Tag Class org.loom.tags.core.InputTextAreaTag
Body Content empty
Dynamic Attributes true
Example
<l:textArea name="customer.description" cols="80"/>

Attributes

Name Description Flags
name HTML attribute with different meanings: This is the property path inside the action that will be used to get and set the field value.
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accesskey HTML attribute
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alt HTML attribute
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bound true if this field is bound to a java property, defaults to true
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class HTML attribute
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cols HTML attribute If unspecified, it is calculated by dividing the maxLength by the rows value
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decorator The name of the decorator to use. The default decorators for any form field will display the surrounding label.
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dir HTML attribute
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disabled HTML attribute
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escapeHTML true to sanitize HTML characters when rendering as text, default true
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helpLine If not null, this value will be used as help line
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id HTML attribute
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if Set to false to skip tag execution.
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label If not null, the provided value will be used as field label. Defaults to the name attribute
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labelClass CSS styles to be applied to the surrounding label but not to the input component. This is useful when using grid systems such as 960gs or YUI-Grid
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labelPos Position of the label for this field. Valid values are "left" (default for almost all field types) and "right" (default for checkboxes and radio buttons)
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lang HTML attribute
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maxlength This is a known attribute for InputTextField and subclasses, as specified here. In the case of pre-HTML5 InputTextArea, it should be enforced using javascript.
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pattern Regex pattern HTML 5. Note that we will be using the regular expression as introduced by the developer, not modifying it as the spec requires us to.
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readonly HTML attribute
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renderAsText true to render the field just as text (no form field), default false
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renderErrorDisplayComponent true to render the error message as a separate HTML component, default null
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renderLabel true to render label, false otherwise. By default it will use the value specified in the container form
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rows HTML attribute. If unspecified, it is calculated by dividing the maxLength by the cols value
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style HTML attribute
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tabindex HTML attribute
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title HTML attribute
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translateLabel true to translate label before rendering, false otherwise. defaults to true
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translateTitle set to true to translate title, default true
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value when specified, use this value instead of the action property value
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