Joomla User Manual

Purpose¶

The Textarea Field an area for entry of multi-line text. A simple textarea does not have a WYSIWYG Editor.

Options¶

Special options within this field are:

• Rows The height of the visible text area in lines. If omitted the height is determined by the browser. The value does not limit the number of lines that may be entered. The rows are active in the backend while creating an article or a contact or a third party component that supports custom fields. This option has no impact on the size of the field in the frontend.
• Columns The width of the visible text area in characters. If omitted the width is determined by the browser. The value does not limit the number of characters that may be entered. The cols are active in the backend while creating an article or a contact or a third party component that supports custom fields. This option has no impact on the size of the field in the frontend.
• Maximum Length The maximum number of characters that can be entered.
• Filter Allow the system to save certain html tags or raw data.

Data Entry¶

Simple: enter the text to display.

Data Display¶

The following Site screenshot shows the field displayed in an article. The option Automatic display is responsible for the position of the field and your template is responsible for the design of the field.

Look for the Classification item.

The field label starts a single block of text unless you have entered HTML tags such as <p>...</p>.