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<x-widget.textarea>

Textarea

Grows with its content, or resizes by dragging. Optional character counter. Works with Livewire wire:model.

php artisan larawell:add textarea

Usage

Livewire

In a Livewire component, bind with wire:model (deferred) or wire:model.live.debounce for live checks; no name is needed. The text shows the property after every render, the counter and height included, so clearing it in PHP after a save empties the box.

Blade
<form wire:submit="post" class="space-y-5">
    <x-widget.textarea label="Comment" counter maxlength="500" wire:model="comment" />

    <button type="submit">Post</button>
</form>

Examples

Textarea

By default it grows with its content between min-rows and max-rows (5), including when a script sets its value. resizable gives it a drag handle instead: the user sets the height, from min-rows down to max-rows if you set one. Each new height fires a textarea-resize event.

Show code
Blade
<div class="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2">
    <x-widget.textarea name="notes" label="Notes" placeholder="Grows as you type..." />
    <x-widget.textarea name="message" label="Message" placeholder="Drag the corner to resize" resizable :min-rows="4" />
</div>

Counter

counter shows characters used against maxlength. It's opt-in, so a field with maxlength doesn't get one by default.

0 / 160

Show code
Blade
<x-widget.textarea name="bio" label="Bio" maxlength="160" counter placeholder="A line or two about you" />

Props

Other attributes, such as autocomplete or data-*, are passed through to the element. class styles the component's outer wrapper.

<x-widget.textarea>

Prop Default Description
name null What it submits as; its error and old input are found under it. Optional with wire:model, which then names it.
id null Defaults to one made from the name (or the wire:model property).
label null Shown above the field, and its name for screen readers.
value null The value to show. Old input wins after a failed submit; with wire:model and no value, the bound Livewire property.
placeholder null Shown while it's empty.
error null An error message of your own; otherwise the validation error for the name, from the session or Livewire.
info null A hint under the field.
bag 'default' Which error bag to read the error from.
disabled false Greyed out: it can't be changed.
readonly false Shown, and submitted, but it can't be edited.
min-rows 3 The height to start at, in lines.
max-rows null Grows up to this many lines, then scrolls (5 by default; no limit when resizable).
counter false With maxlength: a live count under the field (12 / 40).
resizable false Lets people drag it taller instead of sizing it to the text.

Accessibility

All 2 examples above are checked with axe-core against the WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules, in the light theme and the dark one, both as the page draws and with each popover, dialog, toast and tooltip opened, on every change. A change that fails can't be merged. Where axe can't decide, such as contrast on SVG text, the test measures the colours itself instead of letting it pass.

Automated checks can't judge everything: how it sounds in a screen reader, and how it feels to use from the keyboard, still need a person. Check those on your own pages too.

Source

What larawell:add textarea writes to your app with the default namespaces. Prefer to copy by hand? Take these files, plus the ones from Field, and the theme and base CSS.

resources/views/components/widget/textarea/index.blade.php Show
index.blade.php
@props([
    // What it submits as; its error and old input are found under it. Optional with wire:model, which then names it.
    'name' => null,
    // Defaults to one made from the name (or the wire:model property).
    'id' => null,
    // Shown above the field, and its name for screen readers.
    'label' => null,
    // The value to show. Old input wins after a failed submit; with wire:model and no value, the bound Livewire
    // property.
    'value' => null,
    // Shown while it's empty.
    'placeholder' => null,
    // An error message of your own; otherwise the validation error for the name, from the session or Livewire.
    'error' => null,
    // A hint under the field.
    'info' => null,
    // Which error bag to read the error from.
    'bag' => 'default',
    // Greyed out: it can't be changed.
    'disabled' => false,
    // Shown, and submitted, but it can't be edited.
    'readonly' => false,
    // The height to start at, in lines.
    'minRows' => 3,
    // Grows up to this many lines, then scrolls (5 by default; no limit when resizable).
    'maxRows' => null,
    // With maxlength: a live count under the field (12 / 40).
    'counter' => false,
    // Lets people drag it taller instead of sizing it to the text.
    'resizable' => false,
])

@php
    $field = \App\View\Widget\FormField::make($name, $id, $errors ?? null, $error, $bag, 'textarea', attributes: $attributes);
    $value = $field->old($value);
    // Up to 30: the heights are classes from the ranges at the end of base.css, not style="".
    $minRows = max(1, min(30, (int) $minRows));
    // Auto-grow stops at 5 rows unless told otherwise. A resizable textarea has no cap unless max-rows sets one:
    // the user decides its height, so the browser can't also size it to the content.
    $maxRows = match (true) {
        $maxRows !== null => max($minRows, min(30, (int) $maxRows)),
        $resizable => null,
        default => max($minRows, 5),
    };
@endphp

<x-widget.field :required="$attributes->has('required')" :id="$field->id" :label="$label" :error="$field->errors" :info="$info" :disabled="$disabled" :readonly="$readonly" :box="$resizable ? 'items-start pe-2 pb-2' : 'items-start'" :counter="$counter ? $attributes->get('maxlength') : null" :count="intdiv(strlen(mb_convert_encoding((string) $value, 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8')), 2)" :class="$attributes->get('class')">
    {{-- Grows with its content via CSS field-sizing (the JS only steps in for browsers without it), or, when
         resizable, keeps the height the user drags it to. 2rem = py-4. --}}
    <textarea
        id="{{ $field->id }}"
        @if ($name) name="{{ $name }}" @endif
        rows="{{ $minRows }}"
        placeholder="{{ $placeholder }}"
        @disabled($disabled)
        @readonly($readonly)
        @unless ($resizable) data-autosize @endunless
        {{ $field->controlAttributes($attributes, (bool) $info)->class([
            "min-h-[calc({$minRows}lh+2rem)]",
            "max-h-[calc({$maxRows}lh+2rem)]" => $maxRows !== null,
            'field-sizing-content resize-none' => ! $resizable,
            'resize-y' => $resizable,
            'w-full bg-transparent px-5 py-4 outline-none placeholder:text-muted disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50 read-only:cursor-default',
            'group-data-invalid/field:placeholder:text-error group-data-invalid/field:focus:placeholder:text-muted',
        ]) }}
    >{{ $value }}</textarea>
</x-widget.field>
resources/js/widget/textarea/index.js Show
index.js
// Behaviour for <x-widget.textarea>: growing with its content. Delegated from `document`, so fields added later work without
// re-initialising. Client-side filtering is only for convenience; the Form Request must validate the same rules.
import { on } from '../field';

// --- Textarea: auto-grow -----------------------------------------------------------

// CSS field-sizing grows the textarea where the browser supports it; elsewhere fit() does, and also has to
// catch what the browser would: width changes (more wrapping), fonts arriving late, and values set by a
// script (Alpine, Livewire, "insert template"), which fire no input event. Either way, each new height is
// announced as a `textarea-resize` event (detail.height), e.g. to keep a chat scrolled to the bottom.
const nativeAutosize = CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content');
const lastHeight = new WeakMap();
const lastWidth = new WeakMap();

function fit(textarea) {
    if (nativeAutosize) {
        return;
    }
    // Reset first so it can shrink as well as grow; min/max-height on the element still clamp the result.
    textarea.style.height = 'auto';
    textarea.style.height = `${textarea.scrollHeight}px`;
}

const textareaSizes = new ResizeObserver((entries) => {
    for (const { target } of entries) {
        if (lastWidth.get(target) !== target.offsetWidth) {
            lastWidth.set(target, target.offsetWidth);
            // Next frame: resizing the element being observed inside its own callback is a ResizeObserver loop.
            requestAnimationFrame(() => fit(target));
        }
        const height = target.offsetHeight;
        if (lastHeight.has(target) && lastHeight.get(target) !== height) {
            target.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('textarea-resize', { bubbles: true, detail: { height } }));
        }
        lastHeight.set(target, height);
    }
});

function watchTextarea(textarea) {
    if (textarea.dataset.autosizeReady) {
        return;
    }
    textarea.dataset.autosizeReady = 'true';
    if (!nativeAutosize) {
        // Refit whenever a script sets .value, on this element only.
        const { get, set } = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, 'value');
        Object.defineProperty(textarea, 'value', {
            configurable: true,
            get() {
                return get.call(this);
            },
            set(value) {
                set.call(this, value);
                fit(this);
            },
        });
        fit(textarea);
    }
    textareaSizes.observe(textarea);
}

on('input', '[data-autosize]', (event, textarea) => fit(textarea));
document.querySelectorAll('[data-autosize]').forEach(watchTextarea);
// Textareas that arrive later: fetched HTML, modals, table page swaps.
new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
    for (const node of mutations.flatMap((mutation) => [...mutation.addedNodes])) {
        if (node instanceof Element) {
            (node.matches('[data-autosize]') ? [node] : node.querySelectorAll('[data-autosize]')).forEach(watchTextarea);
        }
    }
}).observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });
document.fonts?.addEventListener('loadingdone', () => document.querySelectorAll('[data-autosize]').forEach(fit));
app/View/Widget/ElementIds.php Show
ElementIds.php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\View\Widget;

use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Scoped;
use LogicException;

/**
 * Keeps element ids unique within one response, so labels, aria-describedby and #fragments
 * always point at the right element. Scoped: a fresh set per request (and per Octane/queue cycle).
 */
#[Scoped]
final class ElementIds
{
    /** @var array<string, true> */
    private array $used = [];

    /**
     * Reserves an id for this response.
     *
     * A derived id (built from a field name) gets a -2, -3 … suffix when already taken. An explicit
     * id is one the caller chose and may reference from JS or CSS, so silently renaming it would
     * break that reference; a duplicate throws instead, which surfaces in development and tests.
     */
    public function claim(string $id, bool $explicit = false): string
    {
        if (! isset($this->used[$id])) {
            return $this->reserve($id);
        }

        if ($explicit) {
            throw new LogicException("Duplicate element id [{$id}] on this page. Give one of the widgets a different id or name.");
        }

        $suffix = 2;
        while (isset($this->used["{$id}-{$suffix}"])) {
            $suffix++;
        }

        return $this->reserve("{$id}-{$suffix}");
    }

    private function reserve(string $id): string
    {
        $this->used[$id] = true;

        return $id;
    }
}
app/View/Widget/FormField.php Show
FormField.php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\View\Widget;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\MessageBag;
use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\ViewErrorBag;
use Illuminate\View\ComponentAttributeBag;

/**
 * Server-side state of one form widget: its dot-notation key, a valid id, its validation
 * messages and its old input. Every <x-widget.input.*> and the date picker resolve through
 * here, so array names (items[0][date]) and named error bags behave the same everywhere.
 */
final class FormField
{
    /**
     * @param  list<string>  $errors
     */
    private function __construct(
        public readonly ?string $name,
        public readonly string $id,
        public readonly ?string $key,
        public readonly array $errors,
        // The property a wire:model or x-model attribute binds it to, if any.
        public readonly ?string $bound = null,
    ) {}

    /**
     * @param  mixed  $errorBag  the view's shared $errors (absent outside a web request)
     * @param  string|array<int, string>|null  $error  an explicit message from the caller; overrides the bag
     */
    public static function make(
        ?string $name,
        ?string $id,
        mixed $errorBag,
        string|array|null $error = null,
        string $bag = 'default',
        string $idPrefix = 'field',
        ?ComponentAttributeBag $attributes = null,
    ): self {
        // With no name, a Livewire or Alpine binding (wire:model="email") names the field. Its errors are filed under
        // that property, and its id stays the same on every render, which Livewire's morph needs to keep the element
        // (it matches elements by id: a random one makes it swap in a new field, dropping focus mid-typing).
        $bound = $attributes === null ? null : self::boundTo($attributes);
        $key = match (true) {
            $name !== null && $name !== '' => self::key($name),
            $bound !== null => self::key($bound),
            default => null,
        };

        $messages = match (true) {
            $error !== null => Arr::wrap($error),
            $key !== null && $errorBag instanceof ViewErrorBag => self::messagesFor($errorBag->getBag($bag), $key),
            default => [],
        };

        return new self(
            $name,
            app(ElementIds::class)->claim(
                $id ?? ($key !== null ? self::idFrom($key) : $idPrefix.'-'.Str::random(6)),
                explicit: $id !== null,
            ),
            $key,
            array_values(array_filter($messages, static fn (mixed $message): bool => is_string($message) && $message !== '')),
            $bound,
        );
    }

    /**
     * The field's own messages, plus those Laravel files per item for a list of values: a 'tags.*' rule
     * reports a bad second choice under tags.1, which a multiple select named tags must still show. Only
     * numbered children count, so a field named address doesn't take errors meant for address[city].
     *
     * @return list<string>
     */
    private static function messagesFor(MessageBag $bag, string $key): array
    {
        $items = array_filter(
            $bag->getMessages(),
            static fn (string $name): bool => preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($key, '/').'\.\d+$/', $name) === 1,
            ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY,
        );

        return array_values(array_unique([...$bag->get($key), ...array_merge(...array_values($items))]));
    }

    /**
     * items[0][date] → items.0.date and tags[] → tags: the key Laravel files errors and old input under.
     */
    public static function key(string $name): string
    {
        return trim((string) preg_replace('/\[([^\]]*)\]/', '.$1', $name), '.');
    }

    /**
     * The id a field named $name gets when it's the first of that name on the page, for links to it
     * (the error summary). A later duplicate gets a -2 suffix, which links can't know about.
     */
    public static function idFor(string $name): string
    {
        return self::idFrom(self::key($name));
    }

    /**
     * The property a wire:model or x-model attribute (any modifiers) binds the field to; null without one.
     */
    public static function boundTo(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes): ?string
    {
        return array_values(self::binding($attributes))[0] ?? null;
    }

    private static function idFrom(string $key): string
    {
        return trim((string) preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]+/', '-', $key), '-');
    }

    public function hasError(): bool
    {
        return $this->errors !== [];
    }

    public function errorId(): string
    {
        return $this->id.'-error';
    }

    public function infoId(): string
    {
        return $this->id.'-info';
    }

    /**
     * Old input after a failed validation, falling back to the widget's value prop, or with none, to the bound Livewire
     * property: a re-render then draws the field as it is, which Livewire morphs onto the page.
     */
    public function old(mixed $default = null): mixed
    {
        if ($default === null) {
            [$found, $live] = $this->fromLivewire();
            $default = $found ? $live : null;
        }

        return $this->key === null ? $default : old($this->key, $default);
    }

    /**
     * The bound property's value while Livewire renders the component that holds it: Livewire shares that component
     * with every view as $__livewire. Livewire isn't a dependency; it's only looked for. [false, null] otherwise.
     * $key reads inside it: a range bound to period reads period.start.
     *
     * @return array{0: bool, 1: mixed}
     */
    public function fromLivewire(?string $key = null): array
    {
        $component = $this->bound === null ? null : view()->shared('__livewire');

        return is_object($component) ? [true, data_get($component, $key === null ? $this->bound : "{$this->bound}.{$key}")] : [false, null];
    }

    /**
     * The binding attribute as written (wire:model.live => period), to put on the inputs that carry the value: a range
     * picker binds period.start and period.end with the same modifiers. Empty without one.
     *
     * @return array<string, string>
     */
    public static function binding(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes): array
    {
        foreach ($attributes->getAttributes() as $attribute => $value) {
            if (is_string($value) && $value !== '' && (str_starts_with($attribute, 'wire:model') || str_starts_with($attribute, 'x-model'))) {
                return [$attribute => $value];
            }
        }

        return [];
    }

    /**
     * Whether a checkbox or switch renders ticked. An unticked box isn't in the request at all, so after a
     * failed submit "no old value" means unticked, but only when that submit was this box's own form. A page
     * with a second form (or a disabled box, which is never sent) would otherwise lose every `checked`.
     *
     * @param  bool  $alwaysSent  it has an unchecked-value, so its form always sends something under its name
     * @param  mixed  $errorBag  the view's shared $errors
     */
    public function checked(mixed $value, bool $default, bool $disabled, bool $alwaysSent, mixed $errorBag, string $bag = 'default'): bool
    {
        // Bound to a Livewire property: that says, true/false, or for a list of boxes, whether it holds this value.
        [$found, $live] = $this->fromLivewire();
        if ($found) {
            return is_array($live) ? in_array(self::text($value), array_map(self::text(...), $live), true) : (bool) $live;
        }
        if ($this->key === null || $disabled || ! session()->hasOldInput()) {
            return $default;
        }

        $old = old($this->key);
        if ($old !== null) {
            return in_array(self::text($value), array_map(self::text(...), Arr::wrap($old)), true);
        }
        // Nothing under this name, though this box always sends something: its form wasn't the one submitted.
        if ($alwaysSent) {
            return $default;
        }
        // A form with its own error bag: no errors in that bag means the failed submit was a different form.
        if ($bag !== 'default') {
            return $errorBag instanceof ViewErrorBag && $errorBag->getBag($bag)->isNotEmpty() ? false : $default;
        }

        // One form, or forms sharing the default bag: there's no telling them apart, so trust the old input.
        return false;
    }

    /** Values cast to backed enums (Plan::Pro) compare as their backing value. */
    private static function text(mixed $value): string
    {
        return (string) ($value instanceof \BackedEnum ? $value->value : $value);
    }

    /**
     * What the caller passed, minus `class` (that styles the wrapper) and the aria attributes
     * this widget manages itself. Goes on the element that is actually submitted.
     */
    public function forwarded(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes): ComponentAttributeBag
    {
        return $attributes->except(['class', 'aria-invalid', 'aria-describedby']);
    }

    /**
     * aria-invalid plus one aria-describedby that joins the error or the hint, and the caller's own
     * ids. Two separate aria-describedby attributes would make the browser silently drop one.
     */
    public function aria(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes, bool $hasInfo = false): ComponentAttributeBag
    {
        // Not both: the frame hides the hint while there's an error, and aria-describedby reads hidden text, so a
        // screen reader would hear two messages that often say the same thing. resources/js/field brings the hint
        // back when the error clears.
        $describedBy = array_filter([
            $this->hasError() ? $this->errorId() : null,
            $hasInfo && ! $this->hasError() ? $this->infoId() : null,
            $attributes->get('aria-describedby'),
        ]);

        return new ComponentAttributeBag([
            'aria-invalid' => $this->hasError() ? 'true' : null,
            'aria-describedby' => $describedBy === [] ? null : implode(' ', $describedBy),
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * For a widget whose visible control isn't the submitted input (grouped number, phone): what belongs on the
     * hidden input that carries the value. Which form it's in, and Livewire and Alpine bindings, go with the value.
     */
    public function bindings(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes): ComponentAttributeBag
    {
        return $attributes->filter(static fn (mixed $value, string $key): bool => self::isBinding($key));
    }

    /**
     * The other side of bindings(): everything else the caller passed (required, autofocus, aria-label,
     * placeholder…) goes on the visible control, where the browser validates it and screen readers hear it.
     */
    public function visibleAttributes(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes, bool $hasInfo = false): ComponentAttributeBag
    {
        return $this->controlAttributes($attributes->filter(static fn (mixed $value, string $key): bool => ! self::isBinding($key)), $hasInfo);
    }

    private static function isBinding(string $key): bool
    {
        return $key === 'form' || str_starts_with($key, 'wire:model') || str_starts_with($key, 'x-model');
    }

    /**
     * forwarded() and aria() together, for widgets whose visible control is also the submitted one.
     */
    public function controlAttributes(ComponentAttributeBag $attributes, bool $hasInfo = false): ComponentAttributeBag
    {
        return $this->forwarded($attributes)->merge($this->aria($attributes, $hasInfo)->getAttributes());
    }
}