text_area_Input: Text Area Input Function

In shinyGovstyle: Custom Gov Style Inputs for Shiny

Text Area Input Function

Description

This function create a text area input.

Usage

text_area_Input(
  inputId,
  label,
  hint_label = NULL,
  row_no = 5,
  error = FALSE,
  error_message = NULL,
  word_limit = NULL
)

Arguments

inputId	The id assigned to the component's root element. For Shiny input components this is also the name used to access the value via ⁠input$<inputId>⁠.
label	Display label for the control, or NULL for no label. Accepts a plain character string, an HTML string, or shiny tag objects such as shiny::tags$b("Bold") or a shiny::tagList().
hint_label	Display hint label for the control, or NULL for no hint label. Accepts the same rich content as label, so it can include a link.
row_no	Size of the text entry box. Defaults to 5
error	If TRUE, render the component in its error state and reserve a slot for the error message. Defaults to FALSE.
error_message	Text shown when error is TRUE. Defaults to NULL.
word_limit	Add a word limit to the display. Defaults to NULL

Value

a text area box HTML shiny tag object

See Also

Other Govstyle text types: date_Input(), gov_list(), heading_text(), input_field(), text_Input()

Examples

text_area_Input(
  "taId",
  "Can you provide more detail?",
  paste(
    "Do not include personal or financial information, like your",
    "National Insurance number or credit card details."
  )
)

# Rich content: a link in the hint
text_area_Input(
  "taId2",
  "Can you provide more detail?",
  shiny::tagList(
    "Read the ",
    shinyGovstyle::external_link("https://www.gov.uk", "guidance on detail")
  )
)

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