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import TextAreaInput from "@arcgis/core/form/elements/inputs/TextAreaInput.js";
Inheritance:
TextAreaInputTextInputInputAccessor
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.16

The TextAreaInput class defines the desired user interface as a multi-line text area. This FieldElement.input is used in field elements that are set within a feature layer's or FeatureForm's formTemplate. This is displayed within the Editor widget.

See also

Constructors

Constructor

Constructor
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
properties
See the properties table for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.
Example
// Create a new TextArea input
const textAreaInput = new TextAreaInput({
minLength: 10,
maxLength: 300
})

Properties

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.
PropertyTypeClass
declaredClass
readonly inherited
maxLength
inherited
minLength
inherited
type
readonly
"text-area"

declaredClass

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

maxLength

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: TextInput

When set, defines the text input's maximum length.

minLength

inherited Property
Type
number | null | undefined
Inherited from: TextInput

When set, defines the text input's minimum length.

Default value
0

type

readonly Property
Type
"text-area"

The type of form element input.

Methods

MethodSignatureClass
fromJSON
inherited static
fromJSON(json: any): any
clone(): TextAreaInput
toJSON
inherited
toJSON(): any

fromJSON

inheritedstatic Method
Signature
fromJSON (json: any): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
json
any

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns
any

Returns a new instance of this class.

clone

Method
Signature
clone (): TextAreaInput

Creates a deep clone of the TextAreaInput class.

Returns
TextAreaInput

A deep clone of the TextAreaInput instance.

toJSON

inherited Method
Signature
toJSON (): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns
any

The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.