Usable features of inputTextArea

The inputTextArea component 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="#{inputTextAreaBean.value}" />

This will render an input text area with the default values rows='3' and cols='20' as shown in the following screenshot:

How to do it…

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 true. If you want to get ...

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