Component contract

textarea

Native <textarea> wrapped as a design-system custom element — multi-line text field with rows prop, invalid+describedBy for error states, and dsInput event fired on every keystroke.

Version: v1.0.0

Props

Name	Type	Values	Default
value	string	—	—
name	string	—	—
placeholder	string	—	—
disabled	boolean	—	false
required	boolean	—	false
invalid	boolean	—	false
describedBy	string	—	—
label	string	—	—
rows	number	—	3
size	enum	md, lg	md

Events

Name	Payload	Condition
dsInput	string	—

Tokens

spacing: sm, md, lg, xl
radius: sm, md
font: family, size-md

native_element: textarea
labeling: aria-label via the label prop (canonical) or ambient <label> wrapper (secondary, browser-computed accessible name).
keyboard: ["Tab focuses (does not insert a tab character by default)","Enter inserts a newline (does not submit the enclosing form)","Printable characters insert at caret","Backspace/Delete edit natively","Arrow keys move caret"]
disabled_semantics: native_disabled_attribute (also disables the resize handle in our CSS)
error_semantics: aria-invalid (from `invalid` prop) + aria-describedby (from `describedBy` prop, expected to point at a light-DOM node id containing the error message)
required_semantics: aria-required (from `required` prop); visual asterisk is the consumer's responsibility
notes: label prop is REQUIRED for WCAG conformance — a <textarea> with no accessible name is an axe `label` violation. `placeholder` is a hint, not a label — always pair with `label`. Native vertical resize is kept enabled (`resize: vertical`); consumers that need a pinned height can override with `resize: none`.

Raw validated JSON

{
  "name": "textarea",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "props": {
    "value": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "placeholder": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "disabled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    },
    "required": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    },
    "invalid": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    },
    "describedBy": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "label": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "rows": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 3
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "enum",
      "values": [
        "md",
        "lg"
      ],
      "default": "md"
    }
  },
  "events": {
    "dsInput": {
      "payload": "string"
    }
  },
  "tokens_used": {
    "spacing": [
      "sm",
      "md",
      "lg",
      "xl"
    ],
    "radius": [
      "sm",
      "md"
    ],
    "font": [
      "family",
      "size-md"
    ]
  },
  "a11y": {
    "native_element": "textarea",
    "labeling": "aria-label via the label prop (canonical) or ambient <label> wrapper (secondary, browser-computed accessible name).",
    "keyboard": [
      "Tab focuses (does not insert a tab character by default)",
      "Enter inserts a newline (does not submit the enclosing form)",
      "Printable characters insert at caret",
      "Backspace/Delete edit natively",
      "Arrow keys move caret"
    ],
    "disabled_semantics": "native_disabled_attribute (also disables the resize handle in our CSS)",
    "error_semantics": "aria-invalid (from `invalid` prop) + aria-describedby (from `describedBy` prop, expected to point at a light-DOM node id containing the error message)",
    "required_semantics": "aria-required (from `required` prop); visual asterisk is the consumer's responsibility",
    "notes": "label prop is REQUIRED for WCAG conformance — a <textarea> with no accessible name is an axe `label` violation. `placeholder` is a hint, not a label — always pair with `label`. Native vertical resize is kept enabled (`resize: vertical`); consumers that need a pinned height can override with `resize: none`."
  }
}

Props

Events

Tokens

Accessibility