--- schema_version: "1" id: 614fe215c2f6215d668ec1b2024d0e988fa2e1de49b85fb02d8f35d72e0768b3 title: Textarea Lightning Web Component ReadMe (Managed Package) collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/xcloud/264-0-0/os_textarea_lightning_web_component_readme.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_textarea_lightning_web_component_readme.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 8eaf757c6a803f3d87005532212cec0f6044ce4545ca19686d0e2dbb0619a328 description: For the managed package runtime, this page contains a Textarea LWC ReadMe for each Vlocity release. products: - Omnistudio release: "264" --- # Textarea Lightning Web Component ReadMe (Managed Package) For the managed package runtime, this page contains a Textarea LWC ReadMe for each Vlocity release. ![Managed Package app icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-omnistudio_for_managed_packages-264-0-0-production-enus/aa2554ec-624a-4ee6-8da4-6435670e6e62/resources-global/_corporate/images/managedpackageicon.png) This information is for Omnistudio for Managed Packages. For Omnistudio on standard runtime, see [Omnistudio Help](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_omnistudio_standard.htm&language=en_US). ## Vlocity Insurance and Health Winter '20 and Vlocity CME Spring '20 The _Textarea Lightning Web Component_ creates an HTML textarea element for entering multi-line text input. A text area holds an unlimited number of characters. ## Available c-textarea Attributes

Attrubute	Value	Type	Required	Description
label		string	yes	Adds a title for the textarea element.
placeholder		string		Adds text to inside the textarea that displayed when the field is empty, prompting the user for a valid entry.
name		string		Specifies the name of the textarea element.
message-when-bad-input		string		Displays an error message when a bad input is detected.
message-when-too-short		string		Displays an error message when the value is too short.
message-when-too-long		string		Displays an error message when the value is too long.
message-when-value-missing		string		Displays an error message when the value is missing.
access-key		string		The keyboard shortcut for input field.
max-length		number		The maximum number of characters allowed in the textarea.
min-length				Sets the minimum number of characters allowed in the textarea.
value		string		Sets the value of the textarea input.
disabled				If present, the textarea field is disabled and users cannot interact with it.
read-only				If present, the textarea field is read-only and user cannot edit it.
required				If present, user must fill out textarea in order to submit the form.
variant	standard, label-hidden (Default: standard)	string		Changes the appearance of the input field.
validity				Sets the validity states for the textarea element, with respect to constraint validation.
field-level-help		string		To provide an informational tooltip on the textarea input field, set this attribute.
theme	slds, nds, (Default: slds)	string	string	Sets the theme for the textarea component.
extraclass				Adds a class to the textarea input element. To add multiple classes, use a space to separate each class, such as 'classone classtwo'.
height				Sets the height of the textarea.

## Example c-textarea Component ``` ``` ## Available Methods checkValidity() Returns the valid attribute value (Boolean) on the ValidityState object. reportValidity() Displays the error messages and returns false if the input is invalid. If the input is valid, reportValidity() clears displayed error messages and returns true. setCustomValidity() Displays a custom error message when the textarea value is submitted. Takes the _message_ argument. If _message_ is an empty string, the error message is reset. showHelpMessageIfInvalid() Displays error messages on invalid fields. An invalid field fails at least one constraint validation and returns false when checkValidity() is called. focus() Sets focus on the textarea field. blur() Removes focus from the textarea field. ## Vlocity Insurance and Health Summer '19 and Vlocity CME Fall '19 The _Textarea Lightning Web Component_ creates an HTML textarea element for entering multi-line text input. A text area holds an unlimited number of characters. ## Available c-textarea Attributes

Attrubute	Value	Type	Required	Description
label		string	yes	Adds a title for the textarea element.
placeholder		string		Adds text to inside the textarea that displayed when the field is empty, prompting the user for a valid entry.
name		string		Specifies the name of the textarea element.
message-when-bad-input		string		Displays an error message when a bad input is detected.
message-when-too-short		string		Displays an error message when the value is too short.
message-when-too-long		string		Displays an error message when the value is too long.
message-when-value-missing		string		Displays an error message when the value is missing.
access-key		string		The keyboard shortcut for input field.
max-length		number		The maximum number of characters allowed in the textarea.
min-length				Sets the minimum number of characters allowed in the textarea.
value		string		Sets the value of the textarea input.
disabled				If present, the textarea field is disabled and users cannot interact with it.
read-only				If present, the textarea field is read-only and user cannot edit it.
required				If present, user must fill out textarea in order to submit the form.
variant	standard, label-hidden (Default: standard)	string		Changes the appearance of the input field.
validity				Sets the validity states for the textarea element, with respect to constraint validation.
field-level-help		string		To provide an informational tooltip on the textarea input field, set this attribute.
theme	slds, nds, (Default: slds)	string	string	Sets the theme for the textarea component.