Textarea (Bootstrap)

Description

The Textarea control allows multiples lines of input text. It has optional headers, footers and other features.

Popovers and Tooltips are supported.

Properties and Methods

Standard properties are supported, plus:

align	Text alignment. left, center or right.
autocapitalize	Automatically capitalize first letter? May not be available on other platforms.
autocomplete	Automatically complete words? May not be available on other platforms.
autocorrect	Spellcheck as entering? May not be available on other platforms.
badge	Adds a Badge to the control. Design Time and Runtime.
focus()	Sets the focus to the control. Runtime only.
footer	An optional message at the bottom of the list of items. Design Time and Runtime.
header	An optional message at the bottom of the list of items. Design Time and Runtime.
icon	An optional icon to appear at the top of the list. Design Time and Runtime.
maxlength	Maximum number of characters for text input. Not used for inputType number
placeholder	Text to be displayed in the field just as a comment – does not change the value.
readonly	If set to “True”, the control cannot be edited. At runtime, use readOnly.
required	If set to “True”, the field requires a value when the form is submitted. Design time only.
rows	Maximum number of rows to display. Design time only.
setSelectionRange(start, end)	Selects a range of characters. The first character starts at 0. Runtime only.
value	Gets or sets the value (true or false) of line i. Runtime.

Events

Standard events are supported. For this control, the onfocusout event will be useful. It gets called when the user changes the focus to another field.

Example (Basic)

Call a function when user is done editing field.

Function Textarea1_onfocusout()
  MsgBox "Value is " & Textarea1.value
End Function

Example (JavaScript)

Call a function when user is done editing field.

Textarea1.onfocusout = function() {
    NSB.MsgBox("Value is " + Textarea1.value);
};;