Drag and drop the Text Area Field element into the Mobile Editor, to open up the Text Area Field form.
Click the topics to expand
Display Tab
Label
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Title of the Text Area Field
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Label Position
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Decide where the label is positioned in the Text Area field
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Placeholder
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A placeholder text that is present if the field is left empty
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Description
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Description of the Text Area Field
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Tooltip
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Adds a Tooltip to this field
Prefix : Add a prefix text
Suffix : Add a suffix text
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Widget
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Add wither an input field (suffix) or a Calendar widget
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Input Mask
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Inputmask is a javascript library which creates an input mask. Inputmask can run against vanilla javascript, jQuery and jqlite.
Check the 'Allow Multiple Masks' box to add more than one Input Mask.
Read more about Input mask here.
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Custom CSS Class
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Add a custom CSS class
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Tab Index
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Sets the tabindex attribute of this component to override the tab order of the form. See the MDN documentation on tabindex for more information.
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Check-Box Options
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Hidden : Add hidden components within the Text Area Field
Hide label: Hides the label of the Text Field Element
Show Word Counter: Keeps a live word count of number of letters
Show Character Counter : Keeps a live word count of number of characters
Hide Input : Hide the input in the browser. This does not encrypt on the server. Do not use for passwords.
Initial Focus : Make this field the initially focused element on this Interactive Message form.
Allow Spellcheck : Allow spellcheck within the Text Area field.
Disabled : Disable this Text field
Table View : Shows this value within the table view of the submissions.
Modal Edit : Opens up a modal to edit the value of this component.
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Preview
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Preview the Text Element that is built with any of the options above.
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Save, Cancel or Remove
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Save, cancel or remove the text element completely.
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Data Tab
Configure the date and its properties.
Multiple Values
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Allows multiple values to be entered for this field
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Default Value
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This will be the value for this field, before user interaction.
Note: Having a default value will override the placeholder text.
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Persistent
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A persistent field will be stored in database when the form is submitted.
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Input Format
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Force the output of this field to be sanitized in a specific format.
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Protected
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A protected field will not be returned when queried via API.
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Database Index
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Set this field as an index within the database. Increases performance for submission queries.
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Text Case
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When data is entered, User can change the case of the value.
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Encrypted (Enterprise Only)
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Encrypt this field on the server. This is two way encryption which is not suitable for passwords. Only valid for Enterprise MEMS Users.
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Redraw On
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Redraw this component if another component changes. This is useful if interpolating parts of the component like the label.
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Clear Value When Hidden
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When a field is hidden, clear the value.
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Custom Default Value and Calculated Value
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A set of variables available in all scripts.
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Calculate Value On Server
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Checking this will run a calculation on the server. This is useful when there is a need to override the values submitted with the calculations performed on the server.
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Allow Manual Override of Calculated Value
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When checked, this will manually override the calculated value.
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Validation
Validate the data within the Text Filed
Validate On
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Determines when this component should trigger front-end validation.
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Required
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A required field must be filled in before the form can be submitted.
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Unique
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Makes sure the data submitted for this field is unique, and has not been submitted before.
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Minimum Length
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The minimum length requirement this field must meet.
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Maximum Length
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The maximum length requirement this field must meet.
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Minimum Word Length
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The minimum number of words that can be added to this field.
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Maximum Word Length
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The maximum number of words that can be added to this field.
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Regular Expression Pattern
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The regular expression pattern test that the field value must pass before the form can be submitted.
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Error Label
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The label for this field when an error occurs.
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Customer Error Message
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Error message displayed if any error occurred.
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Custom validation and JSONLogic Validation
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The following variables are available in all scripts.
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API
Elements to be included for the API part of the message.
Property Name
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The name of this field in the API endpoint.
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Field Tags
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Tag the field for use in custom logic.
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Custom properties
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Users configure any custom properties for this component. Use Add Another button to add more than one key.
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Conditional
Simple
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This component should display
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Choose True or False
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When the form component
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Choose Submit
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Has the value
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Value of the displayed component
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Advanced Conditions
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The following variables are available in all scripts.
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Logic
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Add certain logical information to the Message.
Start by choosing the Add Logic button.
Enter a Logic name, and choose a type namely :
Simple
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Javascript
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JSON Logic
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Event
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Next, add an Action.
Enter an Action Name and choose a Type.
Property
Choose a a property type
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Value
Choose type Value to use an appropriate Java Script
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Merge Component Schema
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Layout
This section provides a map of HTML attributes for a component's input element.
Note: Attributes provided by other component settings or other attributes generated by form.io take precedence over attributes in this grid.
Click on Add Attributes to add an Attribute Name and Attribute Value.
PDF Overlay, is exclusively for PDF Forms only.
Style: Custom styles applied to this component when rendered in PDF.
Page: The PDF page to place this component.
Left: The left margin within a page to place this component.
Top: The top margin within a page to place this component.
Width: The width of the component (in pixels).
Height: The height of the component (in pixels).
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