Text Area

You use the Text Area component to add a labeled field into which a user can enter multiple lines of text.

This page discusses:

See Also
Creating a Custom User Interface
About Rules

Example

The following figure shows an example of the properties of a Text Area component:

The following figure shows the resulting output in the customized simulation template:

Properties

The Text Area component has the following properties:
PropertyDescriptionType
NameThe ID of the component (read-only)String
ValueThe object with which to bind or the default textString, multiline, real, integer, or Boolean
LabelText to display above the text area String
Read OnlyWhether or not the user can modify the default valueBoolean
MandatoryWhether or not the text is requiredBoolean
HiddenWhether or not the component is displayedBoolean
HintText displayed under the text area to provide additional information about the input that is expectedString