Because the calls for of the net change and builders experiment with completely different consumer experiences, the necessity for extra native language enhancements expands. Our presentation layer, CSS, has carried out extremely effectively in bettering capabilities, even when generally too sluggish. The necessity for native help for mechanically increasing textarea components has been lengthy recognized…and it is lastly right here!
To permit textarea components to develop vertically and horizontally, add the field-sizing property with a price of content material:
textarea {
field-sizing: content material; // default is `mounted`
}
The default worth for field-sizing is mounted, signaling present habits. The brand new habits, content material, will develop as a lot as attainable. To constrain the scale a textarea can develop, use conventional width/max-width and top/max-height properties.
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