Textarea

Refer to Stockport Design System for styling information and reference images

DSL properties

Property	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
QuestionId	string	✔️	❌	Unique question id allowed charatcers are [a-zA-Z] only
Label	string	✔️	❌	Label associated with the question
StrongLabel	bool	❌	true	Display label strongly
LabelAsH1	bool	❌	false	Display Label as h1 not a label (if this is set to true, HideTitle in the Page properties should also be set to true)
CustomValidationMessage	string	❌	❌	Set a custom validation message for when user doesn't complete the input
Warning	string	❌	❌	Warning which appears above the input NOTE: Only use one of Warning, Hint or IAG
Hint	string	❌	❌	Hint which appears above the input NOTE: Only use one of Warning, Hint or IAG
IAG	string	❌	❌	Inset text to appear below the Label. NOTE: Only use one of Warning, Hint or IAG
MaxLength	int	❌	200	The maximum length of the input value
Optional	bool	❌	false
OptionalIf	Condition	❌	❌	A condition that can be used to determine if the element is optional by comparing it to an earlier answer
TargetMapping	string	❌	❌	TargetMapping
DisplayCharacterCount	bool	❌	false	Displays a countdown of the remaining characters available
Spellcheck	bool	❌	true	Can be used to enable browser spellchecking (refer to Govuk Design System for when to use this)
SummaryLabel	string	❌	❌	Change the label associated with this input on the summary

Textarea examples

DS Json for textarea:

  {
    "Type": "Textarea",
    "Properties": {
      "Label": "Enter your issue",
      "LabelAsH1": true,
      "QuestionId": "issueOne",
      "CustomValidationMessage": "Custom validation message",
      "Hint": "Hint text",
      "MaxLength": "2000",
      "Optional": true,
      "DisplayCharacterCount": true
    }
  }