Textarea Field

Function : Displays a multi line textarea in the form

Parameters

Label	The label of this element
CSS Class	CSS class assigned to this element
Style using CSS only	Defines whether or not JForms should append inline CSS attributes to the element, Set to “YES” if you want to disable inline CSS attributes
Required	Whether or not this field is required , the Form will not be submitted until this field is filled
Minimum length	Minimum number of characters required
Maximum length	Maximum number of characters allowed
Size mode	Whether to set the size of the textarea using Rows/Cols or Pixels
Columns	Number of columns “Available only if Size mode = Columns and Rows”
Rows	Number of rows “Available only if Size mode = Columns and Rows”

Note:

Any HTML tags are stripped from input

Example

To create a required textarea that allows a minimum length of 10 characters and a maximum length of 50 character , with 50 columns width and 2 rows height

Set “Required” : Yes
Set “Minimum length” : 10
Set “Maximum length” : 50
Set “Size mode length” : Columns and Rows
Set “Columns” : 50
Set “Rows” : 2