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Textarea

A textarea element to input multi-line text.

Demo

This requires the following composables to be installed:

This requires the following utils to be installed:

This requires the following theme to be installed:

Component

Textarea.vue
vue
<script lang="ts">
import type { VariantProps } from 'tailwind-variants'
import { useFormField } from '@/ui/composables/useFormField'
import theme from '@/ui/theme/textarea'
import { looseToNumber } from '@/ui/utils/loose-to-number'
import { Primitive } from 'reka-ui'
import { tv } from 'tailwind-variants'
import { computed, nextTick, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'

const textarea = tv(theme)

type TextareaVariants = VariantProps<typeof textarea>

export interface TextareaProps {
  as?: any
  id?: string
  name?: string
  placeholder?: string
  color?: TextareaVariants['color']
  variant?: TextareaVariants['variant']
  size?: TextareaVariants['size']
  required?: boolean
  autofocus?: boolean
  autofocusDelay?: number
  disabled?: boolean
  class?: any
  rows?: number
  maxrows?: number
  autoresize?: boolean
  highlight?: boolean
  ui?: Partial<typeof textarea.slots>
}

export interface TextareaEmits {
  (e: 'update:modelValue', payload: string | number): void
  (e: 'blur', event: FocusEvent): void
  (e: 'change', event: Event): void
}

export interface TextareaSlots {
  default: (props?: object) => any
}
</script>

<script setup lang="ts">
defineOptions({ inheritAttrs: false })

const props = withDefaults(defineProps<TextareaProps>(), {
  rows: 3,
  maxrows: 0,
  autofocusDelay: 0,
})
const emits = defineEmits<TextareaEmits>()
defineSlots<TextareaSlots>()
const [modelValue, modelModifiers] = defineModel<string | number>()

const { size, color, id, name, highlight, disabled, ariaAttrs } = useFormField<TextareaProps>(props)

const ui = computed(() => textarea({
  color: color.value,
  variant: props.variant,
  size: size?.value,
  highlight: highlight.value,
}))

const textareaRef = ref<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null)

function autoFocus() {
  if (props.autofocus) {
    textareaRef.value?.focus()
  }
}

// Custom function to handle the v-model properties
function updateInput(value: string) {
  if (modelModifiers.trim) {
    value = value.trim()
  }

  if (modelModifiers.number) {
    value = looseToNumber(value)
  }

  modelValue.value = value
}

function onInput(event: Event) {
  autoResize()

  if (!modelModifiers.lazy) {
    updateInput((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)
  }
}

function onChange(event: Event) {
  const value = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value

  if (modelModifiers.lazy) {
    updateInput(value)
  }

  // Update trimmed textarea so that it has same behavior as native textarea https://github.com/vuejs/core/blob/5ea8a8a4fab4e19a71e123e4d27d051f5e927172/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts#L63
  if (modelModifiers.trim) {
    (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value = value.trim()
  }

  emits('change', event)
}

function onBlur(event: FocusEvent) {
  emits('blur', event)
}

onMounted(() => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    autoFocus()
  }, props.autofocusDelay)
})

function autoResize() {
  if (props.autoresize) {
    if (!textareaRef.value) {
      return
    }

    textareaRef.value.rows = props.rows
    const overflow = textareaRef.value.style.overflow
    textareaRef.value.style.overflow = 'hidden'

    const styles = window.getComputedStyle(textareaRef.value)
    const paddingTop = Number.parseInt(styles.paddingTop)
    const paddingBottom = Number.parseInt(styles.paddingBottom)
    const padding = paddingTop + paddingBottom
    const lineHeight = Number.parseInt(styles.lineHeight)
    const { scrollHeight } = textareaRef.value
    const newRows = (scrollHeight - padding) / lineHeight

    if (newRows > props.rows) {
      textareaRef.value.rows = props.maxrows ? Math.min(newRows, props.maxrows) : newRows
    }

    textareaRef.value.style.overflow = overflow
  }
}

watch(modelValue, () => {
  nextTick(autoResize)
})

defineExpose({
  textareaRef,
})

onMounted(() => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    autoResize()
  }, 100)
})
</script>

<template>
  <Primitive :as="as" :class="ui.root({ class: [props.class, props.ui?.root] })">
    <textarea
      :id="id"
      ref="textareaRef"
      :value="modelValue"
      :name="name"
      :rows="rows"
      :placeholder="placeholder"
      :class="ui.base({ class: props.ui?.base })"
      :disabled="disabled"
      :required="required"
      v-bind="{ ...$attrs, ...ariaAttrs }"
      @input="onInput"
      @blur="onBlur"
      @change="onChange"
    />

    <slot />
  </Primitive>
</template>
Textarea.vue
vue
<script lang="ts">
import type { VariantProps } from 'tailwind-variants'
import { useFormField } from '@/UI/Composables/useFormField'
import theme from '@/UI/Theme/textarea'
import { looseToNumber } from '@/UI/Utils/loose-to-number'
import { Primitive } from 'reka-ui'
import { tv } from 'tailwind-variants'
import { computed, nextTick, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'

const textarea = tv(theme)

type TextareaVariants = VariantProps<typeof textarea>

export interface TextareaProps {
  as?: any
  id?: string
  name?: string
  placeholder?: string
  color?: TextareaVariants['color']
  variant?: TextareaVariants['variant']
  size?: TextareaVariants['size']
  required?: boolean
  autofocus?: boolean
  autofocusDelay?: number
  disabled?: boolean
  class?: any
  rows?: number
  maxrows?: number
  autoresize?: boolean
  highlight?: boolean
  ui?: Partial<typeof textarea.slots>
}

export interface TextareaEmits {
  (e: 'update:modelValue', payload: string | number): void
  (e: 'blur', event: FocusEvent): void
  (e: 'change', event: Event): void
}

export interface TextareaSlots {
  default: (props?: object) => any
}
</script>

<script setup lang="ts">
defineOptions({ inheritAttrs: false })

const props = withDefaults(defineProps<TextareaProps>(), {
  rows: 3,
  maxrows: 0,
  autofocusDelay: 0,
})
const emits = defineEmits<TextareaEmits>()
defineSlots<TextareaSlots>()
const [modelValue, modelModifiers] = defineModel<string | number>()

const { size, color, id, name, highlight, disabled, ariaAttrs } = useFormField<TextareaProps>(props)

const ui = computed(() => textarea({
  color: color.value,
  variant: props.variant,
  size: size?.value,
  highlight: highlight.value,
}))

const textareaRef = ref<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null)

function autoFocus() {
  if (props.autofocus) {
    textareaRef.value?.focus()
  }
}

// Custom function to handle the v-model properties
function updateInput(value: string) {
  if (modelModifiers.trim) {
    value = value.trim()
  }

  if (modelModifiers.number) {
    value = looseToNumber(value)
  }

  modelValue.value = value
}

function onInput(event: Event) {
  autoResize()

  if (!modelModifiers.lazy) {
    updateInput((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)
  }
}

function onChange(event: Event) {
  const value = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value

  if (modelModifiers.lazy) {
    updateInput(value)
  }

  // Update trimmed textarea so that it has same behavior as native textarea https://github.com/vuejs/core/blob/5ea8a8a4fab4e19a71e123e4d27d051f5e927172/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts#L63
  if (modelModifiers.trim) {
    (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value = value.trim()
  }

  emits('change', event)
}

function onBlur(event: FocusEvent) {
  emits('blur', event)
}

onMounted(() => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    autoFocus()
  }, props.autofocusDelay)
})

function autoResize() {
  if (props.autoresize) {
    if (!textareaRef.value) {
      return
    }

    textareaRef.value.rows = props.rows
    const overflow = textareaRef.value.style.overflow
    textareaRef.value.style.overflow = 'hidden'

    const styles = window.getComputedStyle(textareaRef.value)
    const paddingTop = Number.parseInt(styles.paddingTop)
    const paddingBottom = Number.parseInt(styles.paddingBottom)
    const padding = paddingTop + paddingBottom
    const lineHeight = Number.parseInt(styles.lineHeight)
    const { scrollHeight } = textareaRef.value
    const newRows = (scrollHeight - padding) / lineHeight

    if (newRows > props.rows) {
      textareaRef.value.rows = props.maxrows ? Math.min(newRows, props.maxrows) : newRows
    }

    textareaRef.value.style.overflow = overflow
  }
}

watch(modelValue, () => {
  nextTick(autoResize)
})

defineExpose({
  textareaRef,
})

onMounted(() => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    autoResize()
  }, 100)
})
</script>

<template>
  <Primitive :as="as" :class="ui.root({ class: [props.class, props.ui?.root] })">
    <textarea
      :id="id"
      ref="textareaRef"
      :value="modelValue"
      :name="name"
      :rows="rows"
      :placeholder="placeholder"
      :class="ui.base({ class: props.ui?.base })"
      :disabled="disabled"
      :required="required"
      v-bind="{ ...$attrs, ...ariaAttrs }"
      @input="onInput"
      @blur="onBlur"
      @change="onChange"
    />

    <slot />
  </Primitive>
</template>

Theme

textarea.ts
ts
import { buttonGroupVariantWithRoot } from '@/ui/theme/button-group'

export default {
  slots: {
    root: '',
    base: '',
    leading: '',
    leadingIcon: '',
    leadingAvatar: '',
    leadingAvatarSize: '',
    trailing: '',
    trailingIcon: '',
  },
  variants: {
    ...buttonGroupVariantWithRoot,
    size: {
      xs: {
        base: '',
        leading: '',
        trailing: '',
        leadingIcon: '',
        leadingAvatarSize: '',
        trailingIcon: '',
      },
      sm: {
        base: '',
        leading: '',
        trailing: '',
        leadingIcon: '',
        leadingAvatarSize: '',
        trailingIcon: '',
      },
      md: {
        base: '',
        leading: '',
        trailing: '',
        leadingIcon: '',
        leadingAvatarSize: '',
        trailingIcon: '',
      },
      lg: {
        base: '',
        leading: '',
        trailing: '',
        leadingIcon: '',
        leadingAvatarSize: '',
        trailingIcon: '',
      },
      xl: {
        base: '',
        leading: '',
        trailing: '',
        leadingIcon: '',
        leadingAvatarSize: '',
        trailingIcon: '',
      },
    },
    variant: {
      outline: '',
      soft: '',
      subtle: '',
      ghost: '',
      none: '',
    },
    color: {
      primary: '',
      secondary: '',
      success: '',
      info: '',
      warning: '',
      error: '',
      neutral: '',
    },
    leading: {
      true: '',
    },
    trailing: {
      true: '',
    },
    loading: {
      true: '',
    },
    highlight: {
      true: '',
    },
    type: {
      file: '',
    },
  },
  compoundVariants: [],
  defaultVariants: {
    size: 'md',
    color: 'primary',
    variant: 'outline',
  } as const,
}
View Nuxt UI theme
textarea.ts
ts
import { buttonGroupVariantWithRoot } from '@/ui/theme/button-group'

export default {
  slots: {
    root: 'relative inline-flex items-center',
    base: 'w-full rounded-md border-0 placeholder:text-dimmed focus:outline-none disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-75 transition-colors',
    leading: 'absolute inset-y-0 start-0 flex items-center',
    leadingIcon: 'shrink-0 text-dimmed',
    leadingAvatar: 'shrink-0',
    leadingAvatarSize: '',
    trailing: 'absolute inset-y-0 end-0 flex items-center',
    trailingIcon: 'shrink-0 text-dimmed',
  },
  variants: {
    ...buttonGroupVariantWithRoot,
    size: {
      xs: {
        base: 'px-2 py-1 text-xs gap-1',
        leading: 'ps-2',
        trailing: 'pe-2',
        leadingIcon: 'size-4',
        leadingAvatarSize: '3xs',
        trailingIcon: 'size-4',
      },
      sm: {
        base: 'px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs gap-1.5',
        leading: 'ps-2.5',
        trailing: 'pe-2.5',
        leadingIcon: 'size-4',
        leadingAvatarSize: '3xs',
        trailingIcon: 'size-4',
      },
      md: {
        base: 'px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm gap-1.5',
        leading: 'ps-2.5',
        trailing: 'pe-2.5',
        leadingIcon: 'size-5',
        leadingAvatarSize: '2xs',
        trailingIcon: 'size-5',
      },
      lg: {
        base: 'px-3 py-2 text-sm gap-2',
        leading: 'ps-3',
        trailing: 'pe-3',
        leadingIcon: 'size-5',
        leadingAvatarSize: '2xs',
        trailingIcon: 'size-5',
      },
      xl: {
        base: 'px-3 py-2 text-base gap-2',
        leading: 'ps-3',
        trailing: 'pe-3',
        leadingIcon: 'size-6',
        leadingAvatarSize: 'xs',
        trailingIcon: 'size-6',
      },
    },
    variant: {
      outline: 'text-highlighted bg-default ring ring-inset ring-accented',
      soft: 'text-highlighted bg-elevated/50 hover:bg-elevated focus:bg-elevated disabled:bg-elevated/50',
      subtle: 'text-highlighted bg-elevated ring ring-inset ring-accented',
      ghost: 'text-highlighted bg-transparent hover:bg-elevated focus:bg-elevated disabled:bg-transparent dark:disabled:bg-transparent',
      none: 'text-highlighted bg-transparent',
    },
    color: {
      primary: '',
      secondary: '',
      success: '',
      info: '',
      warning: '',
      error: '',
      neutral: '',
    },
    leading: {
      true: '',
    },
    trailing: {
      true: '',
    },
    loading: {
      true: '',
    },
    highlight: {
      true: '',
    },
    type: {
      file: 'file:me-1.5 file:font-medium file:text-muted file:outline-none',
    },
  },
  compoundVariants: [
    {
      color: 'primary' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-primary',
    },
    {
      color: 'primary',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-primary',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'secondary' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-secondary',
    },
    {
      color: 'secondary',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-secondary',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'success' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-success',
    },
    {
      color: 'success',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-success',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'info' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-info',
    },
    {
      color: 'info',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-info',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'warning' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-warning',
    },
    {
      color: 'warning',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-warning',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'error' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-error',
    },
    {
      color: 'error',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-error',
    } as const,
    {
      color: 'neutral' as const,
      variant: ['outline' as const, 'subtle' as const],
      class: 'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-inverted',
    },
    {
      color: 'neutral',
      highlight: true,
      class: 'ring ring-inset ring-inverted',
    } as const,
    {
      leading: true,
      size: 'xs',
      class: 'ps-7',
    } as const,
    {
      leading: true,
      size: 'sm',
      class: 'ps-8',
    } as const,
    {
      leading: true,
      size: 'md',
      class: 'ps-9',
    } as const,
    {
      leading: true,
      size: 'lg',
      class: 'ps-10',
    } as const,
    {
      leading: true,
      size: 'xl',
      class: 'ps-11',
    } as const,
    {
      trailing: true,
      size: 'xs',
      class: 'pe-7',
    } as const,
    {
      trailing: true,
      size: 'sm',
      class: 'pe-8',
    } as const,
    {
      trailing: true,
      size: 'md',
      class: 'pe-9',
    } as const,
    {
      trailing: true,
      size: 'lg',
      class: 'pe-10',
    } as const,
    {
      trailing: true,
      size: 'xl',
      class: 'pe-11',
    } as const,
    {
      loading: true,
      leading: true,
      class: {
        leadingIcon: 'animate-spin',
      },
    } as const,
    {
      loading: true,
      leading: false,
      trailing: true,
      class: {
        trailingIcon: 'animate-spin',
      },
    } as const,
  ],
  defaultVariants: {
    size: 'md',
    color: 'primary',
    variant: 'outline',
  } as const,
}

Test

To test this component, you can use the following test file:

Textarea.test.ts
ts
import type { RenderOptions } from '@testing-library/vue'
import Textarea from '@/ui/components/Textarea.vue'
import theme from '@/ui/theme/textarea'
import { render } from '@testing-library/vue'
import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'

describe('textarea', () => {
  const sizes = Object.keys(theme.variants.size) as any
  const variants = Object.keys(theme.variants.variant) as any

  it.each<RenderOptions<typeof Textarea>[]>([
    // Props
    ['with id', { props: { id: 'id' } }],
    ['with name', { props: { name: 'name' } }],
    ['with placeholder', { props: { placeholder: 'placeholder' } }],
    ['with required', { props: { required: true } }],
    ['with disabled', { props: { disabled: true } }],
    ['with rows', { props: { rows: 5 } }],
    ...sizes.map((size: string) => [`with size ${size}`, { props: { size } }]),
    ...variants.map((variant: string) => [`with primary variant ${variant}`, { props: { variant } }]),
    ['with as', { props: { as: 'section' } }],
    ['with class', { props: { class: 'w-48' } }],
    ['with ui', { props: { ui: { wrapper: 'ms-4' } } }],
    // Slots
    ['with default slot', { slots: { default: 'Default slot' } }],
  ])('renders %s correctly', (name, options) => {
    const { html } = render(Textarea, options)

    expect(html()).toMatchSnapshot()
  })
})
Textarea.test.ts
ts
import type { RenderOptions } from '@testing-library/vue'
import Textarea from '@/UI/Components/Textarea.vue'
import theme from '@/UI/Theme/textarea'
import { render } from '@testing-library/vue'
import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'

describe('textarea', () => {
  const sizes = Object.keys(theme.variants.size) as any
  const variants = Object.keys(theme.variants.variant) as any

  it.each<RenderOptions<typeof Textarea>[]>([
    // Props
    ['with id', { props: { id: 'id' } }],
    ['with name', { props: { name: 'name' } }],
    ['with placeholder', { props: { placeholder: 'placeholder' } }],
    ['with required', { props: { required: true } }],
    ['with disabled', { props: { disabled: true } }],
    ['with rows', { props: { rows: 5 } }],
    ...sizes.map((size: string) => [`with size ${size}`, { props: { size } }]),
    ...variants.map((variant: string) => [`with primary variant ${variant}`, { props: { variant } }]),
    ['with as', { props: { as: 'section' } }],
    ['with class', { props: { class: 'w-48' } }],
    ['with ui', { props: { ui: { wrapper: 'ms-4' } } }],
    // Slots
    ['with default slot', { slots: { default: 'Default slot' } }],
  ])('renders %s correctly', (name, options) => {
    const { html } = render(Textarea, options)

    expect(html()).toMatchSnapshot()
  })
})

Contributors

barbapapazes

Changelog

7a9f6 - feat: attrs on form elements (#150) on 2/14/2025
51e4d - feat: add carousel component (#127) on 2/3/2025
822fb - feat: add textarea component (#121) on 2/3/2025