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.

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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:

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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}" ...

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