---
title: Textarea
subtitle: "The multiline <strong>textarea</strong> and its variations"
layout: documentation
doc-tab: form
doc-subtab: textarea
breadcrumb:
- home
- documentation
- form
- form-textarea
meta:
  colors: true
  sizes: true
  variables: false
---

{% capture textarea_example %}
<textarea class="textarea" placeholder="e.g. Hello world"></textarea>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture textarea_rows_example %}
<textarea class="textarea" placeholder="10 lines of textarea" rows="10"></textarea>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture colors_example %}
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-primary" type="text" placeholder="Primary textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-info" type="text" placeholder="Info textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-success" type="text" placeholder="Success textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-warning" type="text" placeholder="Warning textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-danger" type="text" placeholder="Danger textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture sizes_example %}
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-small" type="text" placeholder="Small textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea" type="text" placeholder="Normal textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-medium" type="text" placeholder="Medium textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control">
    <textarea class="textarea is-large" type="text" placeholder="Large textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture normal_example %}
<div class="control">
  <textarea class="textarea" type="text" placeholder="Normal textarea"></textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture hover_example %}
<div class="control">
  <textarea class="textarea is-hovered" type="text" placeholder="Hovered textarea"></textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture focus_example %}
<div class="control">
  <textarea class="textarea is-focused" type="text" placeholder="Focused textarea"></textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture loading_example %}
<div class="control is-loading">
  <textarea class="textarea" type="text" placeholder="Loading textarea"></textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture loading_sizes_example %}
<div class="field">
  <div class="control is-small is-loading">
    <textarea class="textarea is-small" type="text" placeholder="Small loading textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control is-loading">
    <textarea class="textarea" type="text" placeholder="Normal loading textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control is-medium is-loading">
    <textarea class="textarea is-medium" type="text" placeholder="Medium loading textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <div class="control is-large is-loading">
    <textarea class="textarea is-large" type="text" placeholder="Large loading textarea"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture disabled_example %}
<div class="control">
  <textarea class="textarea" type="text" placeholder="Disabled textarea" disabled></textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% capture readonly_example %}
<div class="control">
  <textarea class="textarea" type="text" readonly>This content is readonly</textarea>
</div>
{% endcapture %}

{% include snippet.html content=textarea_example %}

<div class="content">
  <p>
    You can set the height of the textarea using the `rows` HTML attribute.
  </p>
</div>

{% include snippet.html content=textarea_rows_example %}

{% include anchor.html name="Colors" %}

{% include snippet.html content=colors_example %}

{% include anchor.html name="Sizes" %}

{% include snippet.html content=sizes_example %}

{% include anchor.html name="States" %}

<h4 class="subtitle">Normal</h4>

{% include snippet.html content=normal_example %}

<h4 class="subtitle">Hover</h4>

{% include snippet.html content=hover_example %}

<h4 class="subtitle">Focus</h4>

{% include snippet.html content=focus_example %}

<h4 class="subtitle">Loading</h4>

{% include snippet.html content=loading_example %}

<div class="columns">
  <div class="column is-half">
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        You can resize the loading spinner by appending <code>is-small</code>, <code>is-medium</code> or <code>is-large</code> to the <code>control</code> container.
      </p>
    </div>
    {{loading_sizes_example}}
  </div>
  <div class="column is-half highlight-full">
    {% highlight html %}{{loading_sizes_example}}{% endhighlight %}
  </div>
</div>

<h4 class="subtitle">Disabled</h4>

{% include snippet.html content=disabled_example %}

<h4 class="subtitle">Readonly</h4>

<div class="tags has-addons">
  <span class="tag">New</span>
  <span class="tag is-info">0.5.3</span>
</div>

<div class="content">
  <p>
    If you use the <code>readonly</code> HTML attribute, the textarea will look similar to a normal one, but is not editable and has no shadow.
  </p>
</div>

{% include snippet.html content=readonly_example %}