Textarea

The textarea component is a multi-line text field input that can be used to receive longer chunks of text from the user in the form of a comment box, description field, and more.

Textarea example

Get started with the default example of a textarea component below.

Your message

WYSIWYG Editor

If you want to add other actions as buttons alongside your textarea component, such as with a WYSIWYG editor, then you can use the example below.

Comment box

Most often the textarea component is used as the main text field input element in comment sections. Use this example to also apply a helper text and buttons below the textarea itself.

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Chatroom input

If you want to build a chatroom component you will usually want to use a textarea element to allow users to write multi-line chunks of text.