Textarea¶

The Textarea type is for multi line text input. A Rich Text Editor can be enabled.

It corresponds with the TCA type => 'text'.

SQL overrides via alternativeSql allowed: yes.

Settings¶

enableRichtext¶

Required:	false
Type:	boolean
Default:	false

If set to true, the system renders a Rich Text Editor if that is enabled for the editor (default: yes), and if a suitable editor extension is loaded (default: rte_ckeditor).

If either of these requirements is not met, the system falls back to a <textarea> field.

default¶

Required:	false
Type:	string

Default value set if a new record is created.

placeholder¶

Required:	false
Type:	string

Placeholder text for the field.

richtextConfiguration¶

Required:	false
Type:	string

The value is a key in $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['RTE']['Presets'] array and specifies the YAML configuration source field used for that RTE field. It does not make sense without having property enableRichtext set to true.

Extension rte_ckeditor registers three presets: default, minimal and full and points to YAML files with configuration details.

Integrators may override for instance the default key to point to an own YAML file which will affect all core backend RTE instances to use that configuration.

If this property is not specified for an RTE field, the system will fall back to the default configuration.

rows¶

Required:	false
Type:	integer
Default:	5

Abstract value for the height of the <textarea> field. Max value is 20.

required¶

Required:	false
Type:	boolean
Default:	false

If set, the field will become mandatory.

Examples¶

Minimal¶

name: example/textarea
group: common
fields:
  - identifier: textarea
    type: Textarea

Advanced / use case¶

name: example/textarea
group: common
fields:
  - identifier: textarea
    type: Textarea
    enableRichtext: true
    richtextConfiguration: full
    default: 'Default value'
    placeholder: 'Placeholder text'
    rows: 15