NAME

App::Widget::TextArea - An HTML textarea field

SYNOPSIS

   $name = "first_name";
   # official way
   use App;
   $context = App->context();
   $w = $context->widget($name);
   # OR ...
   $w = $context->widget($name,
      class => "App::Widget::TextArea",
      size  => 8,                 # from HTML spec
      maxlength => 18,            # from HTML spec
      tabindex => 1,              # from HTML spec
      readonly => 1,              # from HTML spec
      style => "mystyle",         # from HTML to support CSS
      color => "#6666CC",         # from CSS spec
      font_size => "10px",        # from CSS spec
      border_style => "solid",    # from CSS spec
      border_width => "1px",      # from CSS spec
      border_color => "#6666CC",  # from CSS spec
      padding => "2px",           # from CSS spec
      background_color => "#ccffcc",           # from CSS spec
      font_family => "Verdana, Geneva, Arial", # from CSS spec
      override => 1,              # increase precedence of following options to "override" from "default"
      #validate => "date",         # not impl. yet ("date", "time", "datetime", "enum", "number", "integer", ":regexp")
      #autocomplete => \@previous_choices,  # not impl. yet
   );

   # internal way
   use App::Widget::TextArea;
   $w = App::Widget::TextArea->new($name);

DESCRIPTION

This class is a <textarea> HTML element.