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• On hover over the text area, the mouse cursor will change to a text cursor.

• On click:

  • where no text has been added to the text area:

    • a text cursor will appear at the beginning of the text area.

    • the hint text will disappear.

  • where text already exists in the text area:

    • a text cursor will appear in the position where the user clicks.

    • double-clicking a word inside the text area will select that word.

    • triple-clicking the text area will select all of the text.

• When the text area becomes inactive (user clicks away), if no text has been added the hint text will reappear.

• The character count will increase as text is entered. (See Validations and errors below for when the character limit is reached).

• In special cases, the height of the text area will increase automatically in response to the amount of entered text.

• A vertical scrollbar may be used where the user enters more lines of text than the text area can show.

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Validations and errors

Please refer to the Field Validation page for more information.

A text area with a warning will have an orange border and a warning icon, as shown below:

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• Always provide a clear and meaningful preceding Label for any input field.

• Where appropriate, help users by providing a guiding/hint text describing the expected input text.

Accessibility compliance

A text area must have a label, an icon or a button which indicates its purpose.

Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.

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