Textarea
A spacious writing control with the same labelled validation contract as Input.
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Usage & source
"use client";
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
import { Textarea } from "./components/stepkit/Textarea";
import "./components/stepkit/styles.css";
const themeStyle = {"--stepkit-bg":"#f7f7f8","--stepkit-surface":"#ffffff","--stepkit-surface-muted":"#f0f0f3","--stepkit-fg":"#17181c","--stepkit-muted":"#626572","--stepkit-border":"#e3e4e9","--stepkit-border-strong":"#c8cad3","--stepkit-code":"#f1f1f4","--stepkit-shadow":"0 20px 60px rgba(31, 26, 64, .10)","--stepkit-accent":"#6950df","--stepkit-accent-strong":"#5137c7","--stepkit-accent-soft":"#eeeafd","--stepkit-accent-on-soft":"#5137c7","--stepkit-accent-text":"#ffffff","--stepkit-error":"#b43145","--stepkit-placeholder":"#626572","--stepkit-radius":"16px","--stepkit-space":"16px","--stepkit-control-height":"44px","--stepkit-font-sans":"Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", sans-serif"} as CSSProperties;
export default function Example() {
return (
<div className="stepkit-theme" data-stepkit-preset="modern" style={themeStyle}>
<Textarea
label={"Project brief"}
placeholder={"Describe what you are making…"}
hint={"Keep the first pass concrete."}
/>
</div>
);
}Dependencies
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/*
* Stepkit 0.2.0
* Copyright (c) 2026 Vladislav Stepanov
*
* Original Stepkit portions in this release are licensed under the MIT License. Adapted portions identify their upstream licence and copyright in the copied source and in `NOTICE-MAGICUI.md` where applicable.
*
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"use client";
import { useId, type TextareaHTMLAttributes } from "react";
import "./styles.css";
export interface TextareaProps extends TextareaHTMLAttributes<HTMLTextAreaElement> { label?: string; hint?: string; error?: string; }
export function Textarea({ label, hint, error, id: providedId, className = "", required, ...props }: TextareaProps) {
const generatedId = useId();
const id = providedId ?? `stepkit-textarea-${generatedId}`;
const hintId = `${id}-hint`; const errorId = `${id}-error`;
const describedBy = [error ? errorId : null, hint && !error ? hintId : null].filter(Boolean).join(" ") || undefined;
return <label className={`stepkit stepkit-field${className ? ` ${className}` : ""}`} data-invalid={Boolean(error)} htmlFor={id}>
{label ? <span className="stepkit-field__label">{label}{required ? " *" : ""}</span> : null}
<textarea className="stepkit-textarea" id={id} aria-invalid={error ? "true" : undefined} aria-describedby={describedBy} required={required} {...props} />
{error ? <span className="stepkit-field__error" id={errorId}>{error}</span> : hint ? <span className="stepkit-field__hint" id={hintId}>{hint}</span> : null}
</label>;
}
export default Textarea;
components/Textarea.tsxcomponents/styles.cssInstall
Use the released registry entry or download the complete archive.
npx [email protected] add https://vstepanov.com/stepkit/r/textarea.jsonIntegration prompt
Install Stepkit Textarea 0.2.0 from the registry and preserve the included MIT notice. npx [email protected] add https://vstepanov.com/stepkit/v0.2.0/r/textarea.json Install the tested runtime dependencies exactly: npm install [email protected] [email protected] Keep the component source, shared styles, NOTICE.md, and provenance files together. Apply the theme tokens on a wrapper rather than passing theme keys as component props. Usage: ```tsx "use client"; import type { CSSProperties } from "react"; import { Textarea } from "./components/stepkit/Textarea"; import "./components/stepkit/styles.css"; const themeStyle = {"--stepkit-bg":"#f7f7f8","--stepkit-surface":"#ffffff","--stepkit-surface-muted":"#f0f0f3","--stepkit-fg":"#17181c","--stepkit-muted":"#626572","--stepkit-border":"#e3e4e9","--stepkit-border-strong":"#c8cad3","--stepkit-code":"#f1f1f4","--stepkit-shadow":"0 20px 60px rgba(31, 26, 64, .10)","--stepkit-accent":"#6950df","--stepkit-accent-strong":"#5137c7","--stepkit-accent-soft":"#eeeafd","--stepkit-accent-on-soft":"#5137c7","--stepkit-accent-text":"#ffffff","--stepkit-error":"#b43145","--stepkit-placeholder":"#626572","--stepkit-radius":"16px","--stepkit-space":"16px","--stepkit-control-height":"44px","--stepkit-font-sans":"Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", sans-serif"} as CSSProperties; export default function Example() { return ( <div className="stepkit-theme" data-stepkit-preset="modern" style={themeStyle}> <Textarea label={"Project brief"} placeholder={"Describe what you are making…"} hint={"Keep the first pass concrete."} /> </div> ); } ``` Selected bounded settings: {"label":"Project brief","placeholder":"Describe what you are making…","hint":"Keep the first pass concrete."}. Selected theme: {"mode":"light","accent":"violet","radius":"soft","density":"comfortable","preset":"modern"}.
Props
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
label | string | "Project brief" | Visible accessible label. |
hint | string | undefined | Supporting description. |
error | string | undefined | Validation feedback. |
rows | number | 4 | Native textarea row hint. |
Accessibility & limits
- The visible label is associated with the native textarea.
- Hint and error messages use described-by relationships.
Limitations
- Autosize is intentionally left to the consuming application.
Provenance
Original source under the MIT licence.
Original Stepkit implementation.
Required notices: NOTICE.md, PROVENANCE-stepkit-textarea.md
- 2 source files in the release
- Version 0.2.0