Usable features of inputTextArea
inputTextArea
is an extension to the HTML <textarea>
component with special capabilities such as auto-growing, auto-resizing, and remaining-character count.
How to do it...
A basic definition for the input text area would be as follows:
<p:inputTextarea value="#{inputTextAreaController.value}" />
This will render an input text area with default value rows='3'
and cols='20'
as shown in the following screenshot:
The component also provides auto-resizing with the autoResize
attribute that allows us to expand the height automatically when the text input overflows. The default value is false
.
<p:inputTextarea value="#{inputTextAreaController.value}" autoResize="true"/>
Like the HTML <textarea>
component, we can also specify the rows
and cols
attributes to specify the size of the text area component in rows and columns.
How it works...
The JavaScript plugin for the inputTextArea
component is solely implemented by PrimeFaces with jQuery. Auto-resizing...