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Text Area Field


This is an advanced-use feature, and likely not something you'll need to configure. What you probably want is the content types reference!

The textarea field represents a multi-line text input. It should be used for content values that are long strings: for example, a page description.

tinacms-textarea-field

Options

interface TextareaConfig {
name: string
component: 'textarea'
label?: string
description?: string
}
This interfaces only shows the keys unique to the textarea field. Visit the Field Config docs for a complete list of options.

Example: A Blog Post Description

Below is an example of how a textarea field could be used to edit the description of a blog post.

const BlogPostForm = {
fields: [
{
name: 'description',
component: 'textarea',
label: 'Description',
description: 'Enter the post description here',
},
],
}