Textarea

Textarea

{{ textarea }}

Name Type Description
is_valid Boolean True if the value is not empty
value String The raw unencoded value of the field - outputting the raw value may have unexpected results if the value contains any HTML characters (ie: <, >, ', or ")
default_value String The default value for this field if no value is specified
field_id String The identifier for this field
label String The label for this field
output String The html encoded text of the field. Line breaks in the textarea are converted to "<br />" tags. May include additional markup in the editor preview to make it easier to edit content

Allows any input, but encodes it as text prior to displaying it.

{{ textarea_field }}

Should be used to display a textarea field inside a form.

Name Type Description
is_valid Boolean Will always be true
type String Will always be "textarea"
placeholder String The pladeholder text to display when this textarea does not have a value
default_value String The text to include in this textarea by default when the form is initially displayed
map_to_attribute String If the user is signed into a profile when they submit this form and map_to_attribute is set, the profile attribute specified in map_to_attribute will be set to the value of this field. This should also be used to override the default value if the user is signed into a profile and the specified attribute has already been set
required Boolean Will be true if the user is required to enter text in this textarea
required_message String The message to display when the user attempts to submit the form without entering any text in this textarea
validators validators The list of validators that should be used to validate this textarea, if applicable
element_id String A helper property containing a unique ID for this field on this instance of this form. This value should be different every time the form is output
subtext text Help or hint text to display together with the field
condition condition The condition that should be used to show and hide this form field
classname String CSS class name(s) to be applied to the field
field_id String The identifier for this field
label String The label for this field
output String Default HTML markup for this textarea field, which makes a number of assumptions about other elements on the page that may or may not be included. Developers should avoid using the default output in order to guarantee that forms work as expected, including styling, validation, conditionals, and more. May include additional markup in the editor preview to make it easier to edit content

Examples

Use the truncate, truncate_to_word, or truncate_words filter to shorten text to a specific number of characters or words.

Truncating text

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{% var input = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' %}

truncate

{{input | truncate:33}}
{{input | truncate:33 | size}}
{{input | truncate:31, " (more)"}}
{{input | truncate:33, ""}}
{{'Shorter than 33 characters' | truncate: 33}}

truncate_to_word

{{input | truncate_to_word:30}}
{{input | truncate_to_word:30 | size}}
{{input | truncate_to_word:30, false}}
{{input | truncate_to_word:30, false | size}}

truncate_words

{{input | truncate_words:3}}
{{input | truncate_words:3, " (more)"}}
{{input | truncate_words:9}}

Prepend text onto the beginning of a string

Prepend text

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{{"truck" | prepend:"fire"}}

Append text onto the end of a string

Append text

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{{"fire" | append:"truck"}}

Entity Textarea

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{% if entity.hero_description.is_valid %}

{{ entity.hero_description }}

{% endif %}