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Textarea Field Input

Free Inputs React component — TextareaFieldInput. MIT licensed, copy-paste ready for Next.js and Tailwind CSS.

Multiline field with live character count, max length guard, resize support, and the same label/hint/error pattern as text fields.

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How to use

Free for personal and commercial use. No UI attribution required. Include the MIT copyright notice when copying component source into your project. Read the MIT license.

  1. 1

    Run in your terminal:

    $npm install clsx tailwind-merge lucide-react
  2. 2

    Copy lib/cn.ts below. Skip if you already have cn().

  3. 3

    Copy the code below and create components/inputs/textarea-field-input.tsx in your project.

  4. 4

    Import and render:

    Example

    import { TextareaFieldInput } from "@/components/inputs/textarea-field-input";

    <TextareaFieldInput label="Bio" maxLength={280} showCount value={bio} onChange={setBio} />

lib/cn.ts

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import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

components/inputs/textarea-field-input.tsx

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"use client";
 
import {
forwardRef,
useCallback,
useId,
useState,
type ChangeEvent,
type ComponentPropsWithoutRef,
} from "react";
 
import { cn } from "@/lib/cn";
 
export type TextareaFieldInputProps = Readonly<
{
label?: string;
hint?: string;
error?: boolean;
errorMessage?: string;
showCount?: boolean;
containerClassName?: string;
} & Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"textarea">, "onChange">
> & {
onChange?: (value: string, event: ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
};
 
export const TextareaFieldInput = forwardRef<
HTMLTextAreaElement,
TextareaFieldInputProps
>(function TextareaFieldInput(
{
className,
containerClassName,
id,
label = "Message",
hint,
error = false,
errorMessage = "Message is too long.",
showCount = true,
disabled,
required,
value,
defaultValue = "",
maxLength = 500,
rows = 4,
onChange,
...props
},
ref,
) {
const generatedId = useId();
const inputId = id ?? generatedId;
const hintId = `${inputId}-hint`;
const errorId = `${inputId}-error`;
const countId = `${inputId}-count`;
 
const isControlled = value !== undefined;
const [internal, setInternal] = useState(String(defaultValue));
const current = isControlled ? String(value) : internal;
const length = current.length;
const safeMaxLength =
maxLength === undefined
? undefined
: Number.isFinite(maxLength)
? Math.max(0, Math.floor(maxLength))
: 500;
const atLimit = safeMaxLength !== undefined && length >= safeMaxLength;
 
const handleChange = useCallback(
(event: ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
const next = event.target.value;
if (!isControlled) setInternal(next);
onChange?.(next, event);
},
[isControlled, onChange],
);
 
return (
<div
data-slot="textarea-field-input"
data-error={error || undefined}
className={cn("w-full max-w-sm font-sans", containerClassName)}
>
<div className="mb-1.5 flex items-baseline justify-between gap-3">
<label
htmlFor={inputId}
className="text-sm font-medium text-neutral-900"
>
{label}
{required ? (
<span className="ml-0.5 text-rose-500" aria-hidden>
*
</span>
) : null}
</label>
 
{showCount && safeMaxLength !== undefined ? (
<span
id={countId}
className={cn(
"text-xs tabular-nums text-neutral-400",
atLimit && "text-amber-600",
)}
>
{length}/{safeMaxLength}
</span>
) : null}
</div>
 
<textarea
ref={ref}
id={inputId}
rows={rows}
disabled={disabled}
required={required}
value={current}
maxLength={safeMaxLength}
aria-invalid={error || undefined}
aria-describedby={
[
error ? errorId : null,
hint ? hintId : null,
showCount && safeMaxLength !== undefined ? countId : null,
]
.filter(Boolean)
.join(" ") || undefined
}
onChange={handleChange}
className={cn(
"min-h-24 w-full resize-y rounded-lg border bg-white px-3.5 py-2.5 font-sans text-sm leading-relaxed text-neutral-900 outline-none ring-0 transition-[border-color,background-color] duration-200 placeholder:text-neutral-400 focus:ring-0 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:bg-neutral-50 disabled:text-neutral-400",
error
? "border-rose-300 focus:border-rose-400"
: "border-neutral-200 focus:border-neutral-900",
className,
)}
{...props}
/>
 
{error ? (
<p id={errorId} role="alert" className="mt-1.5 text-xs text-rose-600">
{errorMessage}
</p>
) : hint ? (
<p id={hintId} className="mt-1.5 text-xs text-neutral-500">
{hint}
</p>
) : null}
</div>
);
});
 
TextareaFieldInput.displayName = "TextareaFieldInput";
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