Text & Textarea Inputs

Text inputs allow users to input, edit, and select text.

<script type="module">
  import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/inputs/input-group.js';
  import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/inputs/input-text.js';
  import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/inputs/input-textarea.js';
</script>
<d2l-input-group>
  <d2l-input-text label="Name"></d2l-input-text>
  <d2l-input-textarea label="Description" max-rows="4" rows="4"></d2l-input-textarea>
</d2l-input-group>

Best Practices

• Make sure you include an obvious indication of what the field is for. Usually this means a label.
• Design the length of the text input to give the user a scent of how long the expected data should be.
• Ensure the label remains visible when a user focuses on the input using their mobile device. Often this means using a top-aligned label, but a left-aligned label with a very short text input can work also.

• Don’t use placeholder text - support for this property is being removed. Find an alternative method of communicating text input instructions.
• Don’t use different font sizes. Text should always be Compact.

Text Input [d2l-input-text]

The <d2l-input-text> element is a simple wrapper around the native <input type="text"> tag. It's intended primarily for inputting generic text, email addresses and URLs.

<script type="module">
  import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/inputs/input-text.js';
</script>
<d2l-input-text label="Label"></d2l-input-text>

Properties

Property	Type	Description
label	String, required	Label for the input
aria-haspopup	String	Indicates that the input has a popup menu
aria-invalid	String	Indicates that the input value is invalid
autocomplete	String	Specifies which types of values can be autofilled by the browser
autofocus	Boolean	When set, will automatically place focus on the input
description	String	A description to be added to the input for accessibility
disabled	Boolean	Disables the input
input-width	String, default: 100%	Restricts the maximum width of the input box without restricting the width of the label
instructions	String	Additional information relating to how to use the component
label-hidden	Boolean	Hides the label visually (moves it to the input's aria-label attribute)
labelled-by	String	HTML id of an element in the same shadow root which acts as the input's label
max	String	For number inputs, maximum value
maxlength	Number	Imposes an upper character limit
min	String	For number inputs, minimum value
minlength	Number	Imposes a lower character limit
name	String	Name of the form control. Submitted with the form as part of a name/value pair.
novalidate	Boolean	Disables the built-in validation
pattern	String	Regular expression pattern to validate the value
pattern-failure-text	String	Text to display when input fails validation against the pattern. If a list of characters is included in the message, use LocalizeMixin's localizeCharacter.
prevent-submit	Boolean	Prevents pressing ENTER from submitting forms
readonly	Boolean	Makes the input read-only
required	Boolean	Indicates that a value is required
size	Number	Size of the input
step	String	For number inputs, sets the step size
type	String, default: text	Can be one of text, email, password, tel, url. Type number is deprecated, use d2l-input-number instead.
unit	String	Unit associated with the input value, displayed next to input and announced as part of the label
value	String, default: ''	Value of the input

Events

The <d2l-input-text> dispatches the change event when an alteration to the value is committed (typically after focus is lost) by the user. To be notified immediately of changes made by the user, use the input event.

// dispatched when value changes are committed
input.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
  console.log(input.value);
});

// dispatched whenever value changes occur
input.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
  console.log(input.value);
});

Slots

• left: Slot within the input on the left side. Useful for an icon or button-icon.
• right: Slot within the input on the right side. Useful for an icon or button-icon.
• inline-help: Help text that will appear below the input. Use this only when other helpful cues are not sufficient, such as a carefully-worded label.

Accessibility Properties

To make your usage of <d2l-input-text> accessible, use the following properties when applicable:

Attribute	Description
aria-haspopup	Indicate clicking the input opens a menu.
aria-invalid	Indicate that the input value is invalid
description	Use when label on input does not provide enough context.
label	REQUIRED Acts as a primary label on the input. Visible unless label-hidden is also used.
label-hidden	Use if label should be visually hidden but available for screen reader users
labelled-by	Use when another visible element should act as the label
unit	Use to render the unit (offscreen) as part of the label.

Textarea Input [d2l-input-textarea]

The <d2l-input-textarea> is a wrapper around the native <textarea> element that provides auto-grow and validation behaviours. It's intended for inputting unformatted multi-line text.

<script type="module">
  import '@brightspace-ui/core/components/inputs/input-textarea.js';
</script>
<style>
  d2l-input-textarea {
    width: 100%;
  }
</style>
<d2l-input-textarea label="Description"></d2l-input-textarea>

Properties

Property	Type	Description
label	String, required	Label for the textarea
aria-invalid	String	Indicates that the textarea value is invalid
description	String	A description to be added to the textarea for accessibility
disabled	Boolean	Disables the textarea
label-hidden	Boolean	Hides the label visually (moves it to the textarea's aria-label attribute)
labelled-by	String	HTML id of an element in the same shadow root which acts as the input's label
max-rows	Number, default: 11	Maximum number of rows before scrolling. Less than 1 allows textarea to grow infinitely.
maxlength	Number	Imposes an upper character limit
minlength	Number	Imposes a lower character limit
name	String	Name of the form control. Submitted with the form as part of a name/value pair.
no-border	Boolean	Hides the border
no-padding	Boolean	Removes left/right padding
required	Boolean	Indicates that a value is required
rows	Number, default: 5	Minimum number of rows. If rows and max-rows are equal then auto-grow will be disabled.
value	String, default: ''	Value of the textarea

Events

The <d2l-input-textarea> dispatches the change event when an alteration to the value is committed (typically after focus is lost) by the user. To be notified immediately of changes made by the user, use the input event.

// dispatched when value changes are committed
textarea.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
  console.log(textarea.value);
});

// dispatched whenever value changes occur
textarea.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
  console.log(textarea.value);
});

Accessibility Properties

To make your usage of d2l-input-textarea accessible, use the following properties when applicable:

Attribute	Description
aria-invalid	Indicate that the textarea value is invalid
description	Use when label on textarea does not provide enough context.
label	REQUIRED Acts as a primary label on the textarea. Visible unless label-hidden is also used.
label-hidden	Use if label should be visually hidden but available for screen reader users
labelled-by	Use when another visible element should act as the label

Methods

• focus(): Places focus in the textarea
• select(): Selects the contents of the textarea