TextArea Properties
Description
Properties that shape a TextArea control. Text area controls display data in a text area. Use this when you have long data to display. The text area can optinally be configured as an HTML editor.
- Name
- Description
- Allow resize
In certain browsers you can resize the textarea control by dragging on the bottom right corner. You can un-check this box to disallow this behavior.
- Bubble help
Adds bubble help to a tex area control.
- Columns
Specify the control width. If you set the width in the style property, this property is ignored. If the layout mode is set to 'ContainerWidth' this property is ignored and the width should be set using the 'Width' property
- Control Javascript
Specify any Javascript code that should be emitted for this control. You can use the special {Dialog.ControlId} and {Dialog.ControlIdEscaped} placeholders to reference the control's Id.
- Custom attributes
Specify any custom attributes that you want to inject into the HTML markup for this control.
- Disabled
Specify if the control is disabled. Alternatively, if you want the control to be disabled only if a certain condition is true, see the 'Client-Side Properties', 'Enable expression'. If this control is used in a List control's 'Detail View' you MUST use client-side properties to disable the control.
- HTML editor
Specify if the control has an HTML editor. The html editor allows you to set fonts and colors for your text and to use other HTML features such as tables, ordered and un-ordered lists, etc.
- Readonly
Specify if the control is read-only. Note that if you want the control to be readonly only if a certain condition is true, see the 'Client-Side Properties', 'Readonly expression'.
- Rows
Specify the control height. If you set the height in the style property, this value is ignored. If the layout mode is set to 'ContainerWidth', this property is ignored and he height should be set using the 'Height' property.
- Sub-theme
Allows you to implement sub-themes for a textarea control. See the [Local sub-theme definitions - CSS] in the 'UX Properties' section of the UX Properties page.
- Watermark
The Watermark property adds a watermark to a control. A water mark is text that appears in the Text Area control before any text is actually entered into the control.
- Watermark class name
Optional. Specify the class name for the watermark text. Leave blank to use default class. This class is applied on top of any existing classes.
- Watermark class style
Optional. Specify the style for the watermark text.
- Watermark text
Specifies the text to display as a Watermark.