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PrimeFaces Cookbook

You're reading from   PrimeFaces Cookbook Here are over 100 recipes for PrimeFaces, the ultimate JSF framework. It's a great practical introduction to leading-edge Java web development, taking you from the basics right through to writing custom components.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849519281
Length 328 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mert Caliskan Mert Caliskan
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

PrimeFaces Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with PrimeFaces FREE CHAPTER 2. Theming Concept 3. Enhanced Inputs and Selects 4. Grouping Content with Panels 5. Data Iteration Components 6. Endless Menu Variations 7. Working with Files and Images 8. Drag Me, Drop Me 9. Creating Charts and Maps 10. Miscellaneous, Advanced Use Cases Index

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...

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