ion-textarea

The textarea component is used for multi-line text input. A native textarea element is rendered inside of the component. The user experience and interactivity of the textarea component is improved by having control over the native textarea.

Unlike the native textarea element, the Ionic textarea does not support loading its value from the inner content. The textarea value should be set in the value attribute.

The textarea component accepts the native textarea attributes in addition to the Ionic properties.

Usage

Angular

<!-- Default textarea -->
<ion-textarea></ion-textarea>

<!-- Textarea in an item with a placeholder -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-textarea placeholder="Enter more information here..."></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea in an item with a floating label -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label position="floating">Description</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Disabled and readonly textarea in an item with a stacked label -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label position="stacked">Summary</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea disabled readonly value="Ionic enables developers to build performant, high-quality mobile apps.">
  </ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea that clears the value on edit -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label>Comment</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea clearOnEdit="true"></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea with custom number of rows and cols -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label>Notes</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea rows="6" cols="20" placeholder="Enter any notes here..."></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

Javascript

<!-- Default textarea -->
<ion-textarea></ion-textarea>

<!-- Textarea in an item with a placeholder -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-textarea placeholder="Enter more information here..."></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea in an item with a floating label -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label position="floating">Description</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Disabled and readonly textarea in an item with a stacked label -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label position="stacked">Summary</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea disabled readonly value="Ionic enables developers to build performant, high-quality mobile apps.">
  </ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea that clears the value on edit -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label>Comment</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea clear-on-edit="true"></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

<!-- Textarea with custom number of rows and cols -->
<ion-item>
  <ion-label>Notes</ion-label>
  <ion-textarea rows="6" cols="20" placeholder="Enter any notes here..."></ion-textarea>
</ion-item>

React

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import {
  IonContent,
  IonHeader,
  IonPage,
  IonTitle,
  IonToolbar,
  IonTextarea,
  IonItem,
  IonLabel,
  IonItemDivider,
  IonList,
} from '@ionic/react';

export const TextAreaExamples: React.FC = () => {
  const [text, setText] = useState<string>();

  return (
    <IonPage>
      <IonHeader>
        <IonToolbar>
          <IonTitle>TextArea Examples</IonTitle>
        </IonToolbar>
      </IonHeader>
      <IonContent>
        <IonList>
          <IonItemDivider>Default textarea</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonTextarea value={text} onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>

          <IonItemDivider>Textarea in an item with a placeholder</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonTextarea
              placeholder="Enter more information here..."
              value={text}
              onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}
            ></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>

          <IonItemDivider>Textarea in an item with a floating label</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonLabel position="floating">Description</IonLabel>
            <IonTextarea value={text} onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>

          <IonItemDivider>Disabled and readonly textarea in an item with a stacked label</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonLabel position="stacked">Summary</IonLabel>
            <IonTextarea disabled readonly value={text} onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>

          <IonItemDivider>Textarea that clears the value on edit</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonLabel>Comment</IonLabel>
            <IonTextarea clearOnEdit={true} value={text} onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>

          <IonItemDivider>Textarea with custom number of rows and cols</IonItemDivider>
          <IonItem>
            <IonLabel>Notes</IonLabel>
            <IonTextarea
              rows={6}
              cols={20}
              placeholder="Enter any notes here..."
              value={text}
              onIonChange={(e) => setText(e.detail.value!)}
            ></IonTextarea>
          </IonItem>
        </IonList>
      </IonContent>
    </IonPage>
  );
};

Stencil

import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'textarea-example',
  styleUrl: 'textarea-example.css',
})
export class TextareaExample {
  render() {
    return [
      // Default textarea
      <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>,

      // Textarea in an item with a placeholder
      <ion-item>
        <ion-textarea placeholder="Enter more information here..."></ion-textarea>
      </ion-item>,

      // Textarea in an item with a floating label
      <ion-item>
        <ion-label position="floating">Description</ion-label>
        <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>
      </ion-item>,

      // Disabled and readonly textarea in an item with a stacked label
      <ion-item>
        <ion-label position="stacked">Summary</ion-label>
        <ion-textarea
          disabled
          readonly
          value="Ionic enables developers to build performant, high-quality mobile apps."
        ></ion-textarea>
      </ion-item>,

      // Textarea that clears the value on edit
      <ion-item>
        <ion-label>Comment</ion-label>
        <ion-textarea clearOnEdit={true}></ion-textarea>
      </ion-item>,

      // Textarea with custom number of rows and cols
      <ion-item>
        <ion-label>Notes</ion-label>
        <ion-textarea rows={6} cols={20} placeholder="Enter any notes here..."></ion-textarea>
      </ion-item>,
    ];
  }
}

Vue

<template>
  <!-- Default textarea -->
  <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>

  <!-- Textarea in an item with a placeholder -->
  <ion-item>
    <ion-textarea placeholder="Enter more information here..."></ion-textarea>
  </ion-item>

  <!-- Textarea in an item with a floating label -->
  <ion-item>
    <ion-label position="floating">Description</ion-label>
    <ion-textarea></ion-textarea>
  </ion-item>

  <!-- Disabled and readonly textarea in an item with a stacked label -->
  <ion-item>
    <ion-label position="stacked">Summary</ion-label>
    <ion-textarea disabled readonly value="Ionic enables developers to build performant, high-quality mobile apps.">
    </ion-textarea>
  </ion-item>

  <!-- Textarea that clears the value on edit -->
  <ion-item>
    <ion-label>Comment</ion-label>
    <ion-textarea clear-on-edit="true"></ion-textarea>
  </ion-item>

  <!-- Textarea with custom number of rows and cols -->
  <ion-item>
    <ion-label>Notes</ion-label>
    <ion-textarea rows="6" cols="20" placeholder="Enter any notes here..."></ion-textarea>
  </ion-item>
</template>

<script>
  import { IonItem, IonLabel, IonTextarea } from '@ionic/vue';
  import { defineComponent } from 'vue';

  export default defineComponent({
    components: { IonItem, IonLabel, IonTextarea },
  });
</script>

Properties

autoGrow

Description	If true, the element height will increase based on the value.
Attribute	auto-grow
Type	boolean
Default	false

autocapitalize

Description	Indicates whether and how the text value should be automatically capitalized as it is entered/edited by the user.
Attribute	autocapitalize
Type	string
Default	'none'

autofocus

Description	This Boolean attribute lets you specify that a form control should have input focus when the page loads.
Attribute	autofocus
Type	boolean
Default	false

clearOnEdit

Description	If true, the value will be cleared after focus upon edit. Defaults to true when type is "password", false for all other types.
Attribute	clear-on-edit
Type	boolean
Default	false

color

Description	The color to use from your application's color palette. Default options are: "primary", "secondary", "tertiary", "success", "warning", "danger", "light", "medium", and "dark". For more information on colors, see theming.
Attribute	color
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

cols

Description	The visible width of the text control, in average character widths. If it is specified, it must be a positive integer.
Attribute	cols
Type	number \| undefined
Default	undefined

debounce

Description	Set the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait to trigger the ionChange event after each keystroke. This also impacts form bindings such as ngModel or v-model.
Attribute	debounce
Type	number
Default	0

disabled

Description	If true, the user cannot interact with the textarea.
Attribute	disabled
Type	boolean
Default	false

enterkeyhint

Description	A hint to the browser for which enter key to display. Possible values: "enter", "done", "go", "next", "previous", "search", and "send".
Attribute	enterkeyhint
Type	"done" \| "enter" \| "go" \| "next" \| "previous" \| "search" \| "send" \| undefined
Default	undefined

inputmode

Description	A hint to the browser for which keyboard to display. Possible values: "none", "text", "tel", "url", "email", "numeric", "decimal", and "search".
Attribute	inputmode
Type	"decimal" \| "email" \| "none" \| "numeric" \| "search" \| "tel" \| "text" \| "url" \| undefined
Default	undefined

maxlength

Description	If the value of the type attribute is text, email, search, password, tel, or url, this attribute specifies the maximum number of characters that the user can enter.
Attribute	maxlength
Type	number \| undefined
Default	undefined

minlength

Description	If the value of the type attribute is text, email, search, password, tel, or url, this attribute specifies the minimum number of characters that the user can enter.
Attribute	minlength
Type	number \| undefined
Default	undefined

mode

Description	The mode determines which platform styles to use.
Attribute	mode
Type	"ios" \| "md"
Default	undefined

name

Description	The name of the control, which is submitted with the form data.
Attribute	name
Type	string
Default	this.inputId

placeholder

Description	Instructional text that shows before the input has a value.
Attribute	placeholder
Type	null \| string \| undefined
Default	undefined

readonly

Description	If true, the user cannot modify the value.
Attribute	readonly
Type	boolean
Default	false

required

Description	If true, the user must fill in a value before submitting a form.
Attribute	required
Type	boolean
Default	false

rows

Description	The number of visible text lines for the control.
Attribute	rows
Type	number \| undefined
Default	undefined

spellcheck

Description	If true, the element will have its spelling and grammar checked.
Attribute	spellcheck
Type	boolean
Default	false

value

Description	The value of the textarea.
Attribute	value
Type	null \| string \| undefined
Default	''

wrap

Description	Indicates how the control wraps text.
Attribute	wrap
Type	"hard" \| "off" \| "soft" \| undefined
Default	undefined

Events

Name	Description
ionBlur	Emitted when the input loses focus.
ionChange	Emitted when the input value has changed.
ionFocus	Emitted when the input has focus.
ionInput	Emitted when a keyboard input occurred.

Methods

getInputElement

Description	Returns the native <textarea> element used under the hood.
Signature	getInputElement() => Promise<HTMLTextAreaElement>

setFocus

Description	Sets focus on the native textarea in ion-textarea. Use this method instead of the global textarea.focus().
Signature	setFocus() => Promise<void>

CSS Custom Properties

Name	Description
--background	Background of the textarea
--border-radius	Border radius of the textarea
--color	Color of the text
--padding-bottom	Bottom padding of the textarea
--padding-end	Right padding if direction is left-to-right, and left padding if direction is right-to-left of the textarea
--padding-start	Left padding if direction is left-to-right, and right padding if direction is right-to-left of the textarea
--padding-top	Top padding of the textarea
--placeholder-color	Color of the placeholder text
--placeholder-font-style	Style of the placeholder text
--placeholder-font-weight	Weight of the placeholder text
--placeholder-opacity	Opacity of the placeholder text