Styled Text Area

A Text input field that allows user to log their inputs in multi-lines. The Text Area expands vertically as needed, making it better equipped for large amounts of user input.

Adding Styled Text Areal

Select the Styled Text Area component from the Components drawer. You can open the list of components by clicking the + button next to Components.
Then, add the Styled Text Area component from the Components tree.
Go to the Data tab (third tab) in the Properties Panel.
For the Label property, add a string to display above the text field.

Style Properties

Style properties allow you to customize the look and feel of the component. Combinations of styles applied to components can be saved as Stylesheets to easily reuse styles throughout your app. Styles can also be set dynamically using Variables. To learn more about all the different styling properties and how they work, take a look at Intro to Styling.

Configuration Properties

Basic

Property	Description
Component name	To alter the name of the component. The name is reflected in the Components tree. Defaults to Styled Text Area.
Auto Focus	When enabled, the keyboard will open as soon as the screen loads, and the input will immediately be ready to use.
Disabled	When enabled, the user will not be able to input any text and the area/field will be grayed out.
Max Length	Allows you to set a maximum number of characters that can be entered into the input.
Placeholder Text Color	Allows you to set the color of the placeholder text.
Password Input	When enabled, the user input is hidden on the screen and is displayed with '●'.
Assistive text	Helper text to be displayed underneath the area/field, useful for providing additional instructions.
Left icon name	The name of the icon selected from the icon picker to be displayed on the left.
Left icon mode	Allows you to select the placement of the left icon, if one is selected. Inset displays the icon inside the border of the area/field and outset displays the icon outside of the area/field.
Right icon name	The name of the icon selected from the icon picker to be displayed inset on the right.
Appearance	The appearance of the area/field. Available values: sold or underlined.
Number of lines	Allows you to set how many lines the text input will extend to. The default value is `4`.
Web Outline	By default, web browsers add a colored outline to many input components when they're focused for accessibility reasons. When enabled, the outline will be shown.

Advanced

Property	Description
Auto Correct	When enabled, Auto Correct will check what is being entered in the input.
Allow Font Scaling	When enabled, font sizes in the input will scale to match with the text size the user has set in their accessibility settings.
Auto Capitalize	Allows you to select what type of input will be capitalized. This property is not supported by some keyboard types such as name-phone-pad.
Hide Caret	When enabled, the cursor in the text input will be hidden.
Hide Context Menu	When enabled, the context menu will become hidden.
Editable	Allows you to toggle if the text input is able to be used or not.
Keyboard Appearance	Determines the color of the keyboard.
Keyboard Type	Allows you to select the type of keyboard that will appear when the user focuses on the text input. Examples
Return Key Label	Android only alternative to Return Key Type.
Return Key Type	Allows you to select the type of return key the user will see.
Selection Color	Allows you to change the color of the highlight over selected text in the input.
Select Text on Focus	If enabled, all text will automatically be selected on focus.

Data Configuration

Property	Description
Placeholder Text	Placeholder text to display in the area/field when the user has not entered any text of their own.
Label	Allows you to add a label over the field.
Error	Allows you to add an error label over the field.
Data Source value	Initialize the stateful component with a value from a data source.

Conditional Display

You can conditionally display a component based on a given condition. Learn more about conditionally displaying components in the Conditional Display doc.

Triggers

Trigger name	Description
On Change Text	Starts the action when the text is changed
On Return Key	Starts the action when the Return/Enter key is pressed
On Focus	Starts the action when the element is focused
On Blur	Starts the action when the element is blurred/unfocused
On Change Text Delayed	Starts the action after a given delay from when editing has stopped (debouncing)