# Class TextArea

java.lang.Object
com.codename1.ui.Component
com.codename1.ui.TextArea

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Animation, Editable, ActionSource, StyleListener, TextHolder`

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `TextField`

public class TextArea extends Component implements ActionSource, TextHolder

An optionally multi-line editable region that can display text and allow a user to edit it. By default the text area will grow based on its content.

`TextArea` is useful both for text input and for displaying multi-line data, it is used internally by components such as `com.codename1.components.SpanLabel` & `com.codename1.components.SpanButton`.

`TextArea` & `com.codename1.ui.TextField` are very similar, we discuss the main differences between the two `here`. In fact they are so similar that our sample code below was written for `com.codename1.ui.TextField` but should be interchangeable with `TextArea`.

    TableLayout tl;
    int spanButton = 2;
    if(Display.getInstance().isTablet()) {
        tl = new TableLayout(7, 2);
    } else {
        tl = new TableLayout(14, 1);
        spanButton = 1;
    }
    tl.setGrowHorizontally(true);
    hi.setLayout(tl);

    TextField firstName = new TextField("", "First Name", 20, TextArea.ANY);
    TextField surname = new TextField("", "Surname", 20, TextArea.ANY);
    TextField email = new TextField("", "E-Mail", 20, TextArea.EMAILADDR);
    TextField url = new TextField("", "URL", 20, TextArea.URL);
    TextField phone = new TextField("", "Phone", 20, TextArea.PHONENUMBER);

    TextField num1 = new TextField("", "1234", 4, TextArea.NUMERIC);
    TextField num2 = new TextField("", "1234", 4, TextArea.NUMERIC);
    TextField num3 = new TextField("", "1234", 4, TextArea.NUMERIC);
    TextField num4 = new TextField("", "1234", 4, TextArea.NUMERIC);

    Button submit = new Button("Submit");
    TableLayout.Constraint cn = tl.createConstraint();
    cn.setHorizontalSpan(spanButton);
    cn.setHorizontalAlign(Component.RIGHT);
    hi.add("First Name").add(firstName).
            add("Surname").add(surname).
            add("E-Mail").add(email).
            add("URL").add(url).
            add("Phone").add(phone).
            add("Credit Card").
                    add(GridLayout.encloseIn(4, num1, num2, num3, num4)).
            add(cn, submit);

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final int`
  `ANY`
  Allows any type of input into a text field, if a constraint is not supported by an underlying implementation this will be the default.
  `static final int`
  `DECIMAL`
  The user is allowed to enter numeric values with optional decimal fractions, for example "-123", "0.123", or ".5".
  `static final int`
  `EMAILADDR`
  The user is allowed to enter an e-mail address.
  `static final int`
  `INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE`
  This flag is a hint to the implementation that during text editing, the initial letter of each sentence should be capitalized.
  `static final int`
  `INITIAL_CAPS_WORD`
  This flag is a hint to the implementation that during text editing, the initial letter of each word should be capitalized.
  `static final int`
  `NON_PREDICTIVE`
  Indicates that the text entered does not consist of words that are likely to be found in dictionaries typically used by predictive input schemes.
  `static final int`
  `NUMERIC`
  The user is allowed to enter only an integer value.
  `static final int`
  `PASSWORD`
  Indicates that the text entered is confidential data that should be obscured whenever possible.
  `static final int`
  `PHONENUMBER`
  The user is allowed to enter a phone number.
  `static final int`
  `SENSITIVE`
  Indicates that the text entered is sensitive data that the implementation must never store into a dictionary or table for use in predictive, auto-completing, or other accelerated input schemes.
  `static final int`
  `UNEDITABLE`
  Indicates that editing is currently disallowed.
  `static final int`
  `UPPERCASE`
  This flag is a hint to the implementation that the text in this field should be upper case
  `static final int`
  `URL`
  The user is allowed to enter a URL.
  `static final int`
  `USERNAME`
  This flag is a hint to the implementation that this field contains a username.

  ### Fields inherited from class Component

  `BASELINE, BOTTOM, BRB_CENTER_OFFSET, BRB_CONSTANT_ASCENT, BRB_CONSTANT_DESCENT, BRB_OTHER, CENTER, CROSSHAIR_CURSOR, DEFAULT_CURSOR, DRAG_REGION_IMMEDIATELY_DRAG_X, DRAG_REGION_IMMEDIATELY_DRAG_XY, DRAG_REGION_IMMEDIATELY_DRAG_Y, DRAG_REGION_LIKELY_DRAG_X, DRAG_REGION_LIKELY_DRAG_XY, DRAG_REGION_LIKELY_DRAG_Y, DRAG_REGION_NOT_DRAGGABLE, DRAG_REGION_POSSIBLE_DRAG_X, DRAG_REGION_POSSIBLE_DRAG_XY, DRAG_REGION_POSSIBLE_DRAG_Y, E_RESIZE_CURSOR, HAND_CURSOR, LEFT, MOVE_CURSOR, N_RESIZE_CURSOR, NE_RESIZE_CURSOR, NW_RESIZE_CURSOR, RIGHT, S_RESIZE_CURSOR, SE_RESIZE_CURSOR, SW_RESIZE_CURSOR, TEXT_CURSOR, TOP, W_RESIZE_CURSOR, WAIT_CURSOR`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `TextArea()`
  Creates an empty text area, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!
  `TextArea(int rows, int columns)`
  Creates an area with the given rows and columns
  `TextArea(int rows, int columns, int constraint)`
  Creates an area with the given rows, columns and constraint
  `TextArea(String text)`
  Creates an area with the given text, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!
  `TextArea(String text, int maxSize)`
  Creates an area with the given text and maximum size, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!
  `TextArea(String text, int rows, int columns)`
  Creates an area with the given text, rows and columns
  `TextArea(String text, int rows, int columns, int constraint)`
  Creates an area with the given text, rows, columns and constraint

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `addActionListener(ActionListener a)`
  Add an action listener which is invoked when the text area was modified not during modification.
  `void`
  `addCloseListener(ActionListener l)`
  Adds a listener to be called with this TextArea is "closed".
  `void`
  `addDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener d)`
  Adds a listener for data change events it will be invoked for every change made to the text field, notice most platforms will invoke only the DataChangedListener.CHANGED event
  `void`
  `addDataChangeListener(DataChangedListener d)`
  Adds a listener for data change events it will be invoked for every change made to the text field, notice most platforms will invoke only the DataChangedListener.CHANGED event
  `static void`
  `autoDetectWidestChar(String s)`
  Searches the given string for the widest character using char width, this operation should only be performed once and it solves cases where a devices language might have a char bigger than 'W' that isn't consistently bigger.
  `void`
  `bindProperty(String prop, BindTarget target)`
  Binds the given property name to the given bind target
  `protected Dimension`
  `calcPreferredSize()`
  Calculates the preferred size based on component content.
  `protected Dimension`
  `calcScrollSize()`
  Method that can be overriden to represent the actual size of the component when it differs from the desireable size for the viewport
  `protected TextSelection.Spans`
  `calculateTextSelectionSpan(TextSelection sel)`
  Calculates the spans for the the given text selection.
  `protected void`
  `deinitialize()`
  Invoked to indicate that the component initialization is being reversed since the component was detached from the container hierarchy.
  `protected void`
  `fireClicked()`
  When working in 3 softbutton mode "fire" key (center softbutton) is sent to this method in order to allow 3 button devices to work properly.
  `void`
  `fireDataChanged(int type, int index)`
  Alert the TextField listeners the text has been changed on the TextField
  `void`
  `fireDoneEvent()`
  Fire the done event to done listener
  `void`
  `fireDoneEvent(int keyEvent)`
  `int`
  `getAbsoluteAlignment()`
  Returns the absolute alignment of the TextArea In RTL LEFT alignment is actually RIGHT, but this method returns the actual alignment
  `int`
  `getActualRows()`
  Returns the number of actual rows in the text area taking into consideration growsByContent
  `int`
  `getAlignment()`
  Returns the alignment of the TextArea
  `double`
  `getAsDouble(double invalid)`
  Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number
  `int`
  `getAsInt(int invalid)`
  Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number
  `long`
  `getAsLong(long invalid)`
  Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number
  `String[]`
  `getBindablePropertyNames()`
  Returns the names of the properties within this component that can be bound for persistence, the order of these names mean that the first one will be the first bound
  `Class[]`
  `getBindablePropertyTypes()`
  Returns the types of the properties that are bindable within this component
  `Object`
  `getBoundPropertyValue(String prop)`
  Allows the binding code to extract the value of the property
  `int`
  `getColumns()`
  Returns the number of columns in the text area
  `int`
  `getConstraint()`
  Returns the editing constraint value
  `int`
  `getCursorPosition()`
  Returns the position of the cursor char position
  `int`
  `getCursorX()`
  Returns the position of the cursor char position in the current line.
  `int`
  `getCursorY()`
  Returns the position of the cursor line position
  `static int`
  `getDefaultValign()`
  Indicates the default vertical alignment for a text field.
  `ActionListener`
  `getDoneListener()`
  Gets the done listener of this TextField.
  `int`
  `getGrowLimit()`
  Indicates the maximum number of rows in a text area after it has grown, -1 indicates no limit
  `String`
  `getHint()`
  Returns the hint text
  `Image`
  `getHintIcon()`
  Returns the hint icon
  `Label`
  `getHintLabel()`
  Returns the hint label component that can be customized directly
  `String`
  `getInputMode()`
  Returns the currently selected input mode
  `String[]`
  `getInputModeOrder()`
  Returns the order in which input modes are toggled
  `int`
  `getLines()`
  Returns the number of text lines in the TextArea
  `int`
  `getLinesToScroll()`
  Indicates the number of lines to scroll with every scroll operation
  `int`
  `getMaxSize()`
  Returns the maximum size for the text area
  `int`
  `getPreferredTabIndex()`
  Gets the preferred tab index of this component.
  `int`
  `getRows()`
  Returns the number of rows in the text area
  `int`
  `getRowsGap()`
  Gets the num of pixels gap between the rows
  `Style`
  `getStyle()`
  Returns the current Component Style allowing code to draw the current component, you should normally use getUnselected/Pressed/DisabledStyle() and not this method since it will return different values based on component state.
  `String`
  `getText()`
  Returns the text in the text area
  `String`
  `getTextAt(int line)`
  Returns the text in the given row of the text box
  `TextSelection.TextSelectionSupport`
  `getTextSelectionSupport()`
  Returns text selection support object for this component.
  `String`
  `getUnsupportedChars()`
  Unsupported characters is a string that contains characters that cause issues when rendering on some problematic fonts.
  `int`
  `getVerticalAlignment()`
  Returns the vertical alignment of the text field.
  `static char`
  `getWidestChar()`
  Indicates the widest character in the alphabet, this is useful for detecting linebreaks internally.
  `protected void`
  `initComponent()`
  Allows subclasses to bind functionality that relies on fully initialized and "ready for action" component state
  `protected void`
  `initLaf(UIManager uim)`
  This method initializes the Component defaults constants
  `boolean`
  `isActAsLabel()`
  This flag indicates that the text area should try to act as a label and try to fix more accurately within it's bounds this might make it slower as a result
  `static boolean`
  `isAutoDegradeMaxSize()`
  Indicates whether a high value for default maxSize will be reduced to a lower value if the underlying platform throws an exception.
  `boolean`
  `isEditable()`
  Returns true if this area is editable
  `boolean`
  `isEditing()`
  Indicates whether we are currently editing this text area
  `boolean`
  `isEnableInputScroll()`
  Indicates whether text field input should scroll to the right side when no more room for the input is present.
  `boolean`
  `isEndsWith3Points()`
  If the TextArea text is too long to fit the text to the widget this will add "..." at the last displayable row.
  `protected boolean`
  `isEnterKey(int keyCode)`
  Indicates the enter key to be used for editing the text area and by the text field
  `boolean`
  `isGrowByContent()`
  Indicates that the text area should "grow" in height based on the content beyond the limits indicate by the rows variable
  `boolean`
  `isPendingCommit()`
  Returns true if the text field is waiting for a commit on editing
  `boolean`
  `isQwertyInput()`
  True is this is a qwerty device or a device that is currently in qwerty mode.
  `boolean`
  `isScrollableY()`
  Indicates whether the component should/could scroll on the Y axis
  `protected boolean`
  `isSelectableInteraction()`
  This method allows a component to indicate that it is interested in an "implicit" select command to appear in the "fire" button when 3 softbuttons are defined in a device.
  `boolean`
  `isSingleLineTextArea()`
  Indicates whether this is a single line text area, in which case "growing" won't work as expected.
  `boolean`
  `isTextSelectionEnabled()`
  Returns true if text selection is enabled on this label.
  `static boolean`
  `isUseStringWidth()`
  By default text area uses charWidth since its much faster on some devices than string width.
  `void`
  `keyPressed(int keyCode)`
  If this Component is focused, the key pressed event will call this method
  `void`
  `keyReleased(int keyCode)`
  If this Component is focused, the key released event will call this method
  `void`
  `paint(Graphics g)`
  This method paints the Component on the screen, it should be overriden by subclasses to perform custom drawing or invoke the UI API's to let the PLAF perform the rendering.
  `void`
  `pointerHover(int[] x, int[] y)`
  Invoked for devices where the pointer can hover without actually clicking the display.
  `void`
  `pointerHoverReleased(int[] x, int[] y)`
  Invoked for devices where the pointer can hover without actually clicking the display.
  `void`
  `pointerReleased(int x, int y)`
  If this Component is focused, the pointer released event will call this method
  `protected char[]`
  `preprocess(String text)`
  Override this to modify the text for rendering in cases of invalid characters for display, this method allows the developer to replace such characters e.g.: replace "\t" with 4 spaces
  `void`
  `registerAsInputDevice()`
  Registers this TextArea as the current input device for the current form.
  `void`
  `removeActionListener(ActionListener a)`
  Removes an action listener
  `void`
  `removeCloseListener(ActionListener l)`
  Removes close listener.
  `void`
  `removeDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener d)`
  Removes the listener for data change events
  `void`
  `removeDataChangeListener(DataChangedListener d)`
  Removes the listener for data change events
  `void`
  `setActAsLabel(boolean actAsLabel)`
  This flag indicates that the text area should try to act as a label and try to fix more accurately within it's bounds this might make it slower as a result
  `void`
  `setAlignment(int align)`
  Sets the Alignment of the TextArea to one of: CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT
  `static void`
  `setAutoDegradeMaxSize(boolean value)`
  Indicates whether a high value for default maxSize will be reduced to a lower value if the underlying platform throws an exception.
  `void`
  `setBoundPropertyValue(String prop, Object value)`
  Sets the value of a bound property within this component, notice that this method MUST NOT fire the property change event when invoked to prevent recursion!
  `void`
  `setColumns(int columns)`
  Sets the number of columns in the text area
  `void`
  `setConstraint(int constraint)`
  Sets the constraint which provides a hint to the virtual keyboard input, notice this doesn't limit input type in any way!
  `static void`
  `setDefaultMaxSize(int value)`
  Sets the default limit for the native text box size
  `static void`
  `setDefaultValign(int aDefaultValign)`
  Indicates the default vertical alignment for a text field.
  `void`
  `setDoneListener(ActionListener l)`
  Sets a Done listener on the TextField - notice this listener will be called only on supported platforms that supports done action on the keyboard
  `void`
  `setEditable(boolean b)`
  Sets this text area to be editable or readonly
  `void`
  `setEndsWith3Points(boolean endsWith3Points)`
  If the TextArea text is too long to fit the text to the widget this will add "..." at the last displayable row.
  `void`
  `setGrowByContent(boolean growByContent)`
  Indicates that the text area should "grow" in height based on the content beyond the limits indicate by the rows variable
  `void`
  `setGrowLimit(int growLimit)`
  Indicates the maximum number of rows in a text area after it has grown, -1 indicates no limit
  `void`
  `setHint(String hint)`
  Sets the TextArea hint text, the hint text is displayed on the TextArea When there is no text in the TextArea
  `void`
  `setHint(String hint, Image icon)`
  Sets the TextArea hint text and Icon, the hint text and icon are displayed on the TextArea when there is no text in the TextArea
  `void`
  `setHintIcon(Image icon)`
  Sets the TextArea hint icon, the hint is displayed on the TextArea When there is no text in the TextArea
  `void`
  `setLinesToScroll(int linesToScroll)`
  Indicates the number of lines to scroll with every scroll operation
  `void`
  `setMaxSize(int maxSize)`
  Sets the maximum size of the text area
  `void`
  `setRows(int rows)`
  Sets the number of rows in the text area
  `void`
  `setRowsGap(int rowsGap)`
  The gap in pixels between rows
  `void`
  `setSingleLineTextArea(boolean singleLineTextArea)`
  Indicates whether this is a single line text area, in which case "growing" won't work as expected.
  `void`
  `setText(String t)`
  Sets the text within this text area
  `void`
  `setTextSelectionEnabled(boolean enabled)`
  Enables text selection on this TextArea.
  `void`
  `setUnsupportedChars(String unsupportedChars)`
  Unsupported characters is a string that contains characters that cause issues when rendering on some problematic fonts.
  `static void`
  `setUseStringWidth(boolean aUseStringWidth)`
  By default text area uses charWidth since its much faster on some devices than string width.
  `void`
  `setVerticalAlignment(int valign)`
  Sets the vertical alignment of the text field to one of: CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM
  `static void`
  `setWidestChar(char widestC)`
  Indicates the widest character in the alphabet, this is useful for detecting linebreaks internally.
  `void`
  `setWidth(int width)`
  Sets the Component width, this method is exposed for the purpose of external layout managers and should not be invoked directly.
  `protected boolean`
  `shouldRenderComponentSelection()`
  Special case for text components, if they are editing they should always render the selected state A component can indicate whether it is interested in rendering it's selection explicitly, this defaults to true in non-touch UI's and false in touch UI's except for the case where a user clicks the screen.
  `void`
  `startEditing()`
  Launches the text field editing, notice that calling this in a callSerially is generally considered good practice
  `void`
  `startEditingAsync()`
  Launches the text field editing in a callserially call
  `void`
  `stopEditing()`
  Stops text editing of this field if it is being edited
  `void`
  `stopEditing(Runnable onFinish)`
  Stops text editing of this field if it is being edited
  `void`
  `unbindProperty(String prop, BindTarget target)`
  Removes a bind target from the given property name

  ### Methods inherited from class Component

  `addDragFinishedListener, addDragOverListener, addDropListener, addFocusListener, addLongPressListener, addPointerDraggedListener, addPointerPressedListener, addPointerReleasedListener, addPullToRefresh, addScrollListener, addStateChangeListener, animate, announceForAccessibility, blocksSideSwipe, cancelRepaints, clearClientProperties, contains, containsOrOwns, createStyleAnimation, deinitializeCustomStyle, dragEnter, dragExit, dragFinished, draggingOver, dragInitiated, drawDraggedImage, drop, focusGained, focusLost, getAbsoluteX, getAbsoluteY, getAccessibilityText, getAllStyles, getAnimationManager, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBorder, getBottomGap, getBounds, getBounds, getClientProperty, getCloudBoundProperty, getCloudDestinationProperty, getComponentForm, getComponentState, getCursor, getDefaultDragTransparency, getDirtyRegion, getDisabledStyle, getDraggedx, getDraggedy, getDragImage, getDragRegionStatus, getDragSpeed, getDragTransparency, getEditingDelegate, getGridPosX, getGridPosY, getHeight, getInlineAllStyles, getInlineDisabledStyles, getInlinePressedStyles, getInlineSelectedStyles, getInlineStylesTheme, getInlineUnselectedStyles, getInnerHeight, getInnerPreferredH, getInnerPreferredW, getInnerWidth, getInnerX, getInnerY, getLabelForComponent, getName, getNativeOverlay, getNextFocusDown, getNextFocusLeft, getNextFocusRight, getNextFocusUp, getOuterHeight, getOuterPreferredH, getOuterPreferredW, getOuterWidth, getOuterX, getOuterY, getOwner, getParent, getPreferredH, getPreferredSize, getPreferredSizeStr, getPreferredW, getPressedStyle, getPropertyNames, getPropertyTypeNames, getPropertyTypes, getPropertyValue, getSameHeight, getSameWidth, getScrollable, getScrollAnimationSpeed, getScrollDimension, getScrollOpacity, getScrollOpacityChangeSpeed, getScrollX, getScrollY, getSelectCommandText, getSelectedRect, getSelectedStyle, getSideGap, getTabIndex, getTensileLength, getTooltip, getUIID, getUIManager, getUnselectedStyle, getVisibleBounds, getVisibleBounds, getWidth, getX, getY, growShrink, handlesInput, hasFixedPreferredSize, hasFocus, hideNativeOverlay, initCustomStyle, initDisabledStyle, initPressedStyle, initSelectedStyle, initUnselectedStyle, installDefaultPainter, isAlwaysTensile, isBlockLead, isCellRenderer, isChildOf, isDragActivated, isDragAndDropOperation, isDraggable, isDragRegion, isDropTarget, isEnabled, isFlatten, isFocusable, isGrabsPointerEvents, isHidden, isHidden, isHideInLandscape, isHideInPortrait, isHScrollThumbGrabbed, isHScrollThumbHover, isIgnorePointerEvents, isInClippingRegion, isInitialized, isOpaque, isOwnedBy, isPinchBlocksDragAndDrop, isRippleEffect, isRTL, isScrollable, isScrollableX, isScrollVisible, isSetCursorSupported, isSmoothScrolling, isSnapToGrid, isStickyDrag, isTactileTouch, isTactileTouch, isTensileDragEnabled, isTraversable, isVisible, isVScrollThumbGrabbed, isVScrollThumbHover, keyRepeated, laidOut, longKeyPress, longPointerPress, onScrollX, onScrollY, onSetFocusable, paintBackground, paintBackgrounds, paintBorder, paintBorderBackground, paintComponent, paintComponent, paintIntersectingComponentsAbove, paintLock, paintLockRelease, paintRippleOverlay, paintScrollbars, paintScrollbarX, paintScrollbarY, paintShadows, paramString, parsePreferredSize, pinch, pinch, pinchReleased, pointerDragged, pointerDragged, pointerHoverPressed, pointerPressed, pointerPressed, pointerReleased, putClientProperty, refreshTheme, refreshTheme, refreshTheme, remove, removeDragFinishedListener, removeDragOverListener, removeDropListener, removeFocusListener, removeLongPressListener, removePointerDraggedListener, removePointerPressedListener, removePointerReleasedListener, removeScrollListener, removeStateChangeListener, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, resetFocusable, respondsToPointerEvents, scrollRectToVisible, scrollRectToVisible, setAccessibilityText, setAlwaysTensile, setBlockLead, setCellRenderer, setCloudBoundProperty, setCloudDestinationProperty, setComponentState, setCursor, setDefaultDragTransparency, setDirtyRegion, setDisabledStyle, setDraggable, setDragTransparency, setDropTarget, setEditingDelegate, setEnabled, setFlatten, setFocus, setFocusable, setGrabsPointerEvents, setHandlesInput, setHeight, setHidden, setHidden, setHideInLandscape, setHideInPortrait, setHorizontalScrollBounds, setIgnorePointerEvents, setInitialized, setInlineAllStyles, setInlineDisabledStyles, setInlinePressedStyles, setInlineSelectedStyles, setInlineStylesTheme, setInlineUnselectedStyles, setIsScrollVisible, setLabelForComponent, setName, setNextFocusDown, setNextFocusLeft, setNextFocusRight, setNextFocusUp, setOpaque, setOwner, setPinchBlocksDragAndDrop, setPreferredH, setPreferredSize, setPreferredSizeStr, setPreferredTabIndex, setPreferredW, setPressedStyle, setPropertyValue, setPullToRefresh, setRippleEffect, setRTL, setSameHeight, setSameSize, setSameWidth, setScrollAnimationSpeed, setScrollOpacityChangeSpeed, setScrollSize, setScrollVisible, setScrollX, setScrollY, setSelectCommandText, setSelectedStyle, setShouldCalcPreferredSize, setSize, setSmoothScrolling, setSnapToGrid, setTabIndex, setTactileTouch, setTensileDragEnabled, setTensileLength, setTooltip, setTraversable, setUIID, setUIID, setUIIDFinal, setUnselectedStyle, setVerticalScrollBounds, setVisible, setX, setY, shouldBlockSideSwipe, shouldBlockSideSwipeLeft, shouldBlockSideSwipeRight, showNativeOverlay, stripMarginAndPadding, styleChanged, toImage, toString, updateNativeOverlay, visibleBoundsContains`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Field Details

  - ### ANY

    public static final int ANY
    Allows any type of input into a text field, if a constraint is not supported by an underlying implementation this will be the default.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### EMAILADDR

    public static final int EMAILADDR
    The user is allowed to enter an e-mail address.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### NUMERIC

    public static final int NUMERIC
    The user is allowed to enter only an integer value.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### PHONENUMBER

    public static final int PHONENUMBER
    The user is allowed to enter a phone number.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### URL

    public static final int URL
    The user is allowed to enter a URL.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### DECIMAL

    public static final int DECIMAL
    The user is allowed to enter numeric values with optional decimal fractions, for example "-123", "0.123", or ".5".
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### PASSWORD

    public static final int PASSWORD
    Indicates that the text entered is confidential data that should be obscured whenever possible.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### UNEDITABLE

    public static final int UNEDITABLE
    Indicates that editing is currently disallowed.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### SENSITIVE

    public static final int SENSITIVE
    Indicates that the text entered is sensitive data that the implementation must never store into a dictionary or table for use in predictive, auto-completing, or other accelerated input schemes.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### NON_PREDICTIVE

    public static final int NON_PREDICTIVE
    Indicates that the text entered does not consist of words that are likely to be found in dictionaries typically used by predictive input schemes.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### INITIAL_CAPS_WORD

    public static final int INITIAL_CAPS_WORD
    This flag is a hint to the implementation that during text editing, the initial letter of each word should be capitalized.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE

    public static final int INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE
    This flag is a hint to the implementation that during text editing, the initial letter of each sentence should be capitalized.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### USERNAME

    public static final int USERNAME
    This flag is a hint to the implementation that this field contains a username.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### UPPERCASE

    public static final int UPPERCASE
    This flag is a hint to the implementation that the text in this field should be upper case
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(int rows, int columns)

    Creates an area with the given rows and columns

    ###### Parameters

    - `rows`: the number of rows

    - `columns`: - the number of columns

    ###### Throws

    - `IllegalArgumentException`: if rows <= 0 or columns <= 1

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(int rows, int columns, int constraint)

    Creates an area with the given rows, columns and constraint

    ###### Parameters

    - `rows`: the number of rows

    - `columns`: - the number of columns

    - `constraint`: @param constraint one of ANY, EMAILADDR, NUMERIC, PHONENUMBER, URL, DECIMAL it can be bitwised or'd with one of PASSWORD, UNEDITABLE, SENSITIVE, NON_PREDICTIVE, INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE, INITIAL_CAPS_WORD. E.g. ANY | PASSWORD.

    ###### Throws

    - `IllegalArgumentException`: if rows <= 0 or columns <= 1

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(String text, int rows, int columns)

    Creates an area with the given text, rows and columns

    ###### Parameters

    - `text`: @param text the text to be displayed; if text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed

    - `rows`: the number of rows

    - `columns`: - the number of columns

    ###### Throws

    - `IllegalArgumentException`: if rows <= 0 or columns <= 1

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(String text, int rows, int columns, int constraint)

    Creates an area with the given text, rows, columns and constraint

    ###### Parameters

    - `text`: @param text the text to be displayed; if text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed

    - `rows`: the number of rows

    - `columns`: - the number of columns

    - `constraint`: @param constraint one of ANY, EMAILADDR, NUMERIC, PHONENUMBER, URL, DECIMAL it can be bitwised or'd with one of PASSWORD, UNEDITABLE, SENSITIVE, NON_PREDICTIVE, INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE, INITIAL_CAPS_WORD. E.g. ANY | PASSWORD.

    ###### Throws

    - `IllegalArgumentException`: if rows <= 0 or columns <= 1

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(String text, int maxSize)

    Creates an area with the given text and maximum size, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!

    ###### Parameters

    - `text`: @param text the text to be displayed; if text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed

    - `maxSize`: text area maximum size

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea(String text)

    Creates an area with the given text, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!

    ###### Parameters

    - `text`: @param text the text to be displayed; if text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed

  - ### TextArea

    public TextArea()
    Creates an empty text area, this constructor will create a single line text area similar to a text field!

- ## Method Details

  - ### getDefaultValign

    public static int getDefaultValign()

    Indicates the default vertical alignment for a text field.

    ###### Returns

    the defaultValign

  - ### setDefaultValign

    public static void setDefaultValign(int aDefaultValign)

    Indicates the default vertical alignment for a text field.

    ###### Parameters

    - `aDefaultValign`: the defaultValign to set

  - ### setDefaultMaxSize

    public static void setDefaultMaxSize(int value)

    Sets the default limit for the native text box size

    ###### Parameters

    - `value`: default value for the size of the native text box

  - ### isAutoDegradeMaxSize

    public static boolean isAutoDegradeMaxSize()

    Indicates whether a high value for default maxSize will be reduced to a lower value if the underlying platform throws an exception.

    ###### Returns

    value for autoDegradeMaxSize

  - ### setAutoDegradeMaxSize

    public static void setAutoDegradeMaxSize(boolean value)

    Indicates whether a high value for default maxSize will be reduced to a lower value if the underlying platform throws an exception.

    ###### Parameters

    - `value`: new value for autoDegradeMaxSize

  - ### getWidestChar

    public static char getWidestChar()

    Indicates the widest character in the alphabet, this is useful for detecting linebreaks internally. In CJK languages the widest char is different than W hence this functionality is exposed to developers.

    ###### Returns

    the widest character

  - ### setWidestChar

    public static void setWidestChar(char widestC)

    Indicates the widest character in the alphabet, this is useful for detecting linebreaks internally. In CJK languages the widest char is different than W hence this functionality is exposed to developers.

    ###### Parameters

    - `widestC`: the widest character

  - ### autoDetectWidestChar

    public static void autoDetectWidestChar(String s)

    Searches the given string for the widest character using char width, this operation should only be performed once and it solves cases where a devices language might have a char bigger than 'W' that isn't consistently bigger. Notice that this method will use the TextArea style font which might differ when switching themes etc.

    ###### Parameters

    - `s`: string to search using charWidth

  - ### isUseStringWidth

    public static boolean isUseStringWidth()

    By default text area uses charWidth since its much faster on some devices than string width. However, with some fonts and especially some languages (such as Arabic, Korean etc.) the width of the string drawn might not equal the summary of the width of the chars. Hence for portability to those languages/fonts this flag must be set to true.

    ###### Returns

    the value of useStringWidth

  - ### setUseStringWidth

    public static void setUseStringWidth(boolean aUseStringWidth)

    By default text area uses charWidth since its much faster on some devices than string width. However, with some fonts and especially some languages (such as Arabic, Korean etc.) the width of the string drawn might not equal the summary of the width of the chars. Hence for portability to those languages/fonts this flag must be set to true.

    ###### Parameters

    - `aUseStringWidth`: the new value for useStringWidth

  - ### initComponent

    protected void initComponent()
    Description copied from class: `Component`
    Allows subclasses to bind functionality that relies on fully initialized and "ready for action" component state
    Overrides:
      `initComponent` in class `Component`

  - ### deinitialize

    protected void deinitialize()
    Description copied from class: `Component`
    Invoked to indicate that the component initialization is being reversed since the component was detached from the container hierarchy. This allows the component to deregister animators and cleanup after itself. This method is the opposite of the initComponent() method.
    Overrides:
      `deinitialize` in class `Component`

  - ### initLaf

    protected void initLaf(UIManager uim)
    This method initializes the Component defaults constants
    Overrides:
      `initLaf` in class `Component`

  - ### getConstraint

    public int getConstraint()

    Returns the editing constraint value

    ###### Returns

    the editing constraint value

    ###### See also

    - #setConstraint

  - public void setConstraint(int constraint)

    Sets the constraint which provides a hint to the virtual keyboard input, notice this doesn't limit input type in any way!

    ###### Parameters

    - `constraint`: @param constraint one of ANY, EMAILADDR, NUMERIC, PHONENUMBER, URL, DECIMAL it can be bitwised or'd with one of PASSWORD, UNEDITABLE, SENSITIVE, NON_PREDICTIVE, INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE, INITIAL_CAPS_WORD. E.g. ANY | PASSWORD.

  - ### setWidth

    public void setWidth(int width)

    Sets the Component width, this method is exposed for the purpose of external layout managers and should not be invoked directly.

    If a user wishes to affect the component size, setPreferredSize should be used.

    ###### Parameters

    - `width`: the width of the component

    ###### See also

    - #setPreferredSize
    Overrides:
      `setWidth` in class `Component`

  - ### getText

    public String getText()

    Returns the text in the text area

    ###### Returns

    the text in the text area

    Specified by:
      `getText` in interface `TextHolder`

  - ### setText

    public void setText(String t)

    Sets the text within this text area

    ###### Parameters

    - `t`: new value for the text area
    Specified by:
      `setText` in interface `TextHolder`

  - ### getAsInt

    public int getAsInt(int invalid)

    Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number

    ###### Parameters

    - `invalid`: in case the text isn't an integer this number will be returned

    ###### Returns

    the int value of the text field

  - ### getAsLong

    public long getAsLong(long invalid)

    Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number

    ###### Parameters

    - `invalid`: in case the text isn't a long this number will be returned

    ###### Returns

    the long value of the text field

  - ### getAsDouble

    public double getAsDouble(double invalid)

    Convenience method for numeric text fields, returns the value as a number or invalid if the value in the text field isn't a number

    ###### Parameters

    - `invalid`: in case the text isn't an double this number will be returned

    ###### Returns

    the double value of the text field

  - ### isEditable

    public boolean isEditable()

    Returns true if this area is editable

    ###### Returns

    true if this area is editable

    Specified by:
      `isEditable` in interface `Editable`
    Overrides:
      `isEditable` in class `Component`

  - ### setEditable

    public void setEditable(boolean b)

    Sets this text area to be editable or readonly

    ###### Parameters

    - `b`: true is text are is editable; otherwise false

  - ### getPreferredTabIndex

    public int getPreferredTabIndex()
    Description copied from class: `Component`

    Gets the preferred tab index of this component. Tab indices are used to specify the traversal order when tabbing from component to component in a form.

    Tab index meanings work similar to the HTML tabIndex attribute. A tab Index of -1 (the default value) results in the field not being traversable using the keyboard (or using the next/prev buttons in devices' virtual keyboards). A tab index of 0 results in the component's traversal order being dictated by the natural traversal order of the form.

    Use `Form#getTabIterator(com.codename1.ui.Component)` to obtain the complete traversal order for all components in the form.

    Best practice is to only explicitly set preferred tabIndex values of 0 if you want the component to be traversable, or -1 if you don't want the component to be traversable. Explicitly setting a positive preferred tab index may result in unexpected results.

    How the Preferred Tab Index is Used

    When the user tries to "tab" to the next field (or presses the "Next" button on the virtual keyboard), this triggers a call to `Form#getTabIterator(com.codename1.ui.Component)`, crawls the component hierarchy and returns a `java.util.ListIterator` of all of the traversable fields in the form in the order they should be traversed. This order is determined by the layout managers on the form. The core layout managers define sensible traversal orders by default. If you have a custom layout manager, you can override its traversal order by implementing the `com.codename1.ui.layouts.Layout#overridesTabIndices(com.codename1.ui.Container)` and `com.codename1.ui.layouts.Layout#getChildrenInTraversalOrder(com.codename1.ui.Container)` methods.

    ###### Returns

    the tabbing index

    Overrides:
      `getPreferredTabIndex` in class `Component`

  - ### getMaxSize

    public int getMaxSize()

    Returns the maximum size for the text area

    ###### Returns

    the maximum size for the text area

  - ### setMaxSize

    public void setMaxSize(int maxSize)

    Sets the maximum size of the text area

    ###### Parameters

    - `maxSize`: the maximum size of the text area

  - ### keyPressed

    public void keyPressed(int keyCode)

    If this Component is focused, the key pressed event will call this method

    ###### Parameters

    - `keyCode`: the key code value to indicate a physical key.
    Overrides:
      `keyPressed` in class `Component`

  - ### fireClicked

    protected void fireClicked()
    When working in 3 softbutton mode "fire" key (center softbutton) is sent to this method in order to allow 3 button devices to work properly. When overriding this method you should also override isSelectableInteraction to indicate that a command is placed appropriately on top of the fire key for 3 soft button phones.
    Overrides:
      `fireClicked` in class `Component`

  - ### isSelectableInteraction

    protected boolean isSelectableInteraction()

    This method allows a component to indicate that it is interested in an "implicit" select command to appear in the "fire" button when 3 softbuttons are defined in a device.

    ###### Returns

    true if this is a selectable interaction

    Overrides:
      `isSelectableInteraction` in class `Component`

  - ### keyReleased

    public void keyReleased(int keyCode)

    If this Component is focused, the key released event will call this method

    ###### Parameters

    - `keyCode`: the key code value to indicate a physical key.
    Overrides:
      `keyReleased` in class `Component`

  - ### isScrollableY

    public boolean isScrollableY()

    Indicates whether the component should/could scroll on the Y axis

    ###### Returns

    whether the component is scrollable on the X axis

    Overrides:
      `isScrollableY` in class `Component`

  - ### pointerHover

    public void pointerHover(int[] x, int[] y)

    Invoked for devices where the pointer can hover without actually clicking the display. This is true for PC mouse pointer as well as some devices such as the BB storm.

    ###### Parameters

    - `x`: the pointer x coordinate

    - `y`: the pointer y coordinate

    Overrides:
      `pointerHover` in class `Component`

  - ### pointerHoverReleased

    public void pointerHoverReleased(int[] x, int[] y)

    Invoked for devices where the pointer can hover without actually clicking the display. This is true for PC mouse pointer as well as some devices such as the BB storm.

    ###### Parameters

    - `x`: the pointer x coordinate

    - `y`: the pointer y coordinate

    Overrides:
      `pointerHoverReleased` in class `Component`

  - ### pointerReleased

    public void pointerReleased(int x, int y)

    If this Component is focused, the pointer released event will call this method

    ###### Parameters

    - `x`: the pointer x coordinate

    - `y`: the pointer y coordinate

    Overrides:
      `pointerReleased` in class `Component`

  - ### getColumns

    public int getColumns()

    Returns the number of columns in the text area

    ###### Returns

    the number of columns in the text area

  - ### setColumns

    public void setColumns(int columns)

    Sets the number of columns in the text area

    ###### Parameters

    - `columns`: number of columns

  - ### getActualRows

    public int getActualRows()

    Returns the number of actual rows in the text area taking into consideration growsByContent

    ###### Returns

    the number of rows in the text area

  - ### getRows

    public int getRows()

    Returns the number of rows in the text area

    ###### Returns

    the number of rows in the text area

  - ### setRows

    public void setRows(int rows)

    Sets the number of rows in the text area

    ###### Parameters

    - `rows`: number of rows

  - ### getLines

    public int getLines()

    Returns the number of text lines in the TextArea

    ###### Returns

    the number of text lines in the TextArea

  - ### getTextAt

    public String getTextAt(int line)

    Returns the text in the given row of the text box

    ###### Parameters

    - `line`: the line number in the text box

    ###### Returns

    the text of the line

  - ### preprocess

    protected char[] preprocess(String text)

    Override this to modify the text for rendering in cases of invalid characters for display, this method allows the developer to replace such characters e.g.: replace "\t" with 4 spaces

    ###### Parameters

    - `text`: the text to process

    ###### Returns

    the given string as a processed char array ready for rendering

  - ### getRowsGap

    public int getRowsGap()

    Gets the num of pixels gap between the rows

    ###### Returns

    the gap between rows in pixels

  - ### setRowsGap

    public void setRowsGap(int rowsGap)

    The gap in pixels between rows

    ###### Parameters

    - `rowsGap`: num of pixels to gap between rows

  - ### paint

    public void paint(Graphics g)

    This method paints the Component on the screen, it should be overriden by subclasses to perform custom drawing or invoke the UI API's to let the PLAF perform the rendering.

    ###### Parameters

    - `g`: the component graphics
    Specified by:
      `paint` in interface `Animation`
    Overrides:
      `paint` in class `Component`

  - ### calcPreferredSize

    protected Dimension calcPreferredSize()

    Calculates the preferred size based on component content. This method is invoked lazily by getPreferred size.

    ###### Returns

    the calculated preferred size based on component content

    Overrides:
      `calcPreferredSize` in class `Component`

  - ### calcScrollSize

    protected Dimension calcScrollSize()

    Method that can be overriden to represent the actual size of the component when it differs from the desireable size for the viewport

    ###### Returns

    scroll size, by default this is the same as the preferred size

    Overrides:
      `calcScrollSize` in class `Component`

  - ### addActionListener

    public void addActionListener(ActionListener a)

    Add an action listener which is invoked when the text area was modified not during modification. A text field might never fire an action event if it is edited in place and the user never leaves the text field!

    ###### Parameters

    - `a`: actionListener
    Specified by:
      `addActionListener` in interface `ActionSource`

  - ### removeActionListener

    public void removeActionListener(ActionListener a)

    Removes an action listener

    ###### Parameters

    - `a`: actionListener
    Specified by:
      `removeActionListener` in interface `ActionSource`

  - ### addCloseListener

    public void addCloseListener(ActionListener l)

    Adds a listener to be called with this TextArea is "closed". I.e. when it is no longer the active virtual input device for the form.

    ###### Parameters

    - `l`

    ###### See also

    - Form#setCurrentInputDevice(com.codename1.ui.VirtualInputDevice)

  - ### removeCloseListener

    public void removeCloseListener(ActionListener l)

    Removes close listener.

    ###### Parameters

    - `l`

    ###### See also

    - #addCloseListener(com.codename1.ui.events.ActionListener)

    - Form#setCurrentInputDevice(com.codename1.ui.VirtualInputDevice)

  - ### isGrowByContent

    public boolean isGrowByContent()

    Indicates that the text area should "grow" in height based on the content beyond the limits indicate by the rows variable

    ###### Returns

    true if the text component should grow and false otherwise

  - ### setGrowByContent

    public void setGrowByContent(boolean growByContent)

    Indicates that the text area should "grow" in height based on the content beyond the limits indicate by the rows variable

    ###### Parameters

    - `growByContent`: true if the text component should grow and false otherwise

  - ### getUnsupportedChars

    public String getUnsupportedChars()

    Unsupported characters is a string that contains characters that cause issues when rendering on some problematic fonts. The rendering engine can thus remove them when drawing.

    ###### Returns

    unsupported characters string

  - ### setUnsupportedChars

    public void setUnsupportedChars(String unsupportedChars)

    Unsupported characters is a string that contains characters that cause issues when rendering on some problematic fonts. The rendering engine can thus remove them when drawing.

    ###### Parameters

    - `unsupportedChars`: the unsupported character string

  - ### getLinesToScroll

    public int getLinesToScroll()

    Indicates the number of lines to scroll with every scroll operation

    ###### Returns

    number bigger or equal to 1

  - ### setLinesToScroll

    public void setLinesToScroll(int linesToScroll)

    Indicates the number of lines to scroll with every scroll operation

    ###### Parameters

    - `linesToScroll`: number bigger or equal to 1

  - ### isSingleLineTextArea

    public boolean isSingleLineTextArea()

    Indicates whether this is a single line text area, in which case "growing" won't work as expected.

    ###### Returns

    true if this is a single line text area

  - ### setSingleLineTextArea

    public void setSingleLineTextArea(boolean singleLineTextArea)

    Indicates whether this is a single line text area, in which case "growing" won't work as expected.

    ###### Parameters

    - `singleLineTextArea`: set to true to force a single line text

  - ### getAlignment

    public int getAlignment()

    Returns the alignment of the TextArea

    ###### Returns

    the alignment of the TextArea one of: CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT

    ###### Deprecated

    use Style.getAlignment instead

    ###### See also

    - #CENTER

    - #LEFT

    - #RIGHT

  - ### setAlignment

    public void setAlignment(int align)

    Sets the Alignment of the TextArea to one of: CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT

    ###### Parameters

    - `align`: alignment value

    ###### Deprecated

    use Style.setAlignment instead

    ###### See also

    - #CENTER

    - #LEFT

    - #RIGHT

  - ### getAbsoluteAlignment

    public int getAbsoluteAlignment()

    Returns the absolute alignment of the TextArea In RTL LEFT alignment is actually RIGHT, but this method returns the actual alignment

    ###### Returns

    the alignment of the TextArea one of: CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT

    ###### Deprecated

    this method is redundant and no longer used

    ###### See also

    - #CENTER

    - #LEFT

    - #RIGHT

  - ### isPendingCommit

    public boolean isPendingCommit()

    Returns true if the text field is waiting for a commit on editing

    ###### Returns

    true if a commit is pending

  - ### getCursorPosition

    public int getCursorPosition()

    Returns the position of the cursor char position

    ###### Returns

    the cursor position

  - ### getCursorY

    public int getCursorY()

    Returns the position of the cursor line position

    ###### Returns

    the cursor line position

  - ### getCursorX

    public int getCursorX()

    Returns the position of the cursor char position in the current line.

    ###### Returns

    the cursor char position in the current line

  - ### isQwertyInput

    public boolean isQwertyInput()

    True is this is a qwerty device or a device that is currently in qwerty mode.

    ###### Returns

    currently defaults to false

  - ### getInputMode

    public String getInputMode()

    Returns the currently selected input mode

    ###### Returns

    Returns:
      the display name of the input mode by default the following modes are supported: Abc, ABC, abc, 123

  - ### getInputModeOrder

    public String[] getInputModeOrder()

    Returns the order in which input modes are toggled

    ###### Returns

    the order of the input modes

  - ### isEnableInputScroll

    public boolean isEnableInputScroll()

    Indicates whether text field input should scroll to the right side when no more room for the input is present.

    ###### Returns

    true if scrolling is enabled

  - ### isEnterKey

    protected boolean isEnterKey(int keyCode)

    Indicates the enter key to be used for editing the text area and by the text field

    ###### Parameters

    - `keyCode`: the key tested

  - ### getHint

    public String getHint()

    Returns the hint text

    ###### Returns

    the hint text or null

  - ### setHint

    public void setHint(String hint)

    Sets the TextArea hint text, the hint text is displayed on the TextArea When there is no text in the TextArea

    ###### Parameters

    - `hint`: the hint text to display

  - ### getHintIcon

    public Image getHintIcon()

    Returns the hint icon

    ###### Returns

    the hint icon

  - ### setHintIcon

    public void setHintIcon(Image icon)

    Sets the TextArea hint icon, the hint is displayed on the TextArea When there is no text in the TextArea

    ###### Parameters

    - `icon`: the icon

  - ### setHint

    public void setHint(String hint, Image icon)

    Sets the TextArea hint text and Icon, the hint text and icon are displayed on the TextArea when there is no text in the TextArea

    ###### Parameters

    - `hint`: the hint text to display

    - `icon`: the hint icon to display

  - ### getHintLabel

    public Label getHintLabel()

    Returns the hint label component that can be customized directly

    ###### Returns

    hint label component

  - ### getVerticalAlignment

    public int getVerticalAlignment()

    Returns the vertical alignment of the text field.

    For multi-line text areas, this alignment is applied only while there is extra vertical space in the component. If the text content uses all available height (or overflows), the rendering naturally starts from the top.

    ###### Returns

    the vertical alignment of the TextField one of: CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM

    ###### See also

    - #CENTER

    - #TOP

    - #BOTTOM

  - ### setVerticalAlignment

    public void setVerticalAlignment(int valign)

    Sets the vertical alignment of the text field to one of: CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM

    For multi-line text areas, this alignment is applied only when there is extra vertical space in the component. If there is no extra room, alignment becomes effectively top-aligned because content already fills the available area.

    ###### Parameters

    - `valign`: alignment value

    ###### See also

    - #CENTER

    - #TOP

    - #BOTTOM

  - ### getBindablePropertyNames

    public String[] getBindablePropertyNames()

    Returns the names of the properties within this component that can be bound for persistence, the order of these names mean that the first one will be the first bound

    ###### Returns

    a string array of property names or null

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    Overrides:
      `getBindablePropertyNames` in class `Component`

  - ### getBindablePropertyTypes

    public Class[] getBindablePropertyTypes()

    Returns the types of the properties that are bindable within this component

    ###### Returns

    the class for binding

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    Overrides:
      `getBindablePropertyTypes` in class `Component`

  - ### bindProperty

    public void bindProperty(String prop, BindTarget target)

    Binds the given property name to the given bind target

    ###### Parameters

    - `prop`: the property name

    - `target`: the target binder

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    ###### Deprecated

    uses the deprecated BindTarget interface

    Overrides:
      `bindProperty` in class `Component`

  - ### unbindProperty

    public void unbindProperty(String prop, BindTarget target)

    Removes a bind target from the given property name

    ###### Parameters

    - `prop`: the property names

    - `target`: the target binder

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    ###### Deprecated

    uses the deprecated BindTarget interface

    Overrides:
      `unbindProperty` in class `Component`

  - ### getBoundPropertyValue

    public Object getBoundPropertyValue(String prop)

    Allows the binding code to extract the value of the property

    ###### Parameters

    - `prop`: the property

    ###### Returns

    the value for the property

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    Overrides:
      `getBoundPropertyValue` in class `Component`

  - ### setBoundPropertyValue

    public void setBoundPropertyValue(String prop, Object value)

    Sets the value of a bound property within this component, notice that this method MUST NOT fire the property change event when invoked to prevent recursion!

    ###### Parameters

    - `prop`: the property whose value should be set

    - `value`: the value

    ###### Deprecated

    this mapped to an older iteration of properties that is no longer used

    Overrides:
      `setBoundPropertyValue` in class `Component`

  - ### getGrowLimit

    public int getGrowLimit()

    Indicates the maximum number of rows in a text area after it has grown, -1 indicates no limit

    ###### Returns

    the growLimit

  - ### setGrowLimit

    public void setGrowLimit(int growLimit)

    Indicates the maximum number of rows in a text area after it has grown, -1 indicates no limit

    ###### Parameters

    - `growLimit`: the growLimit to set

  - ### isEndsWith3Points

    public boolean isEndsWith3Points()

    If the TextArea text is too long to fit the text to the widget this will add "..." at the last displayable row. This flag is only applicable when there is a grow limit on the TextArea. E.g. a TextArea with potentially 10 rows can be displayed in 4 rows where the last row can be truncated and end with 3 points. By default this is set to false

    ###### Returns

    true if this TextArea adds "..." when the text is too long

  - ### setEndsWith3Points

    public void setEndsWith3Points(boolean endsWith3Points)

    If the TextArea text is too long to fit the text to the widget this will add "..." at the last displayable row. This flag is only applicable when there is a grow limit on the TextArea. E.g. a TextArea with potentially 10 rows can be displayed in 4 rows where the last row can be truncated and end with 3 points. By default this is set to false

    ###### Parameters

    - `endsWith3Points`: true if text should add "..." at the end

  - ### registerAsInputDevice

    public void registerAsInputDevice()

    Registers this TextArea as the current input device for the current form.

    ###### Deprecated

  - ### startEditing

    public void startEditing()
    Launches the text field editing, notice that calling this in a callSerially is generally considered good practice

  - ### startEditingAsync

    public void startEditingAsync()
    Launches the text field editing in a callserially call
    Specified by:
      `startEditingAsync` in interface `Editable`
    Overrides:
      `startEditingAsync` in class `Component`

  - ### isEditing

    public boolean isEditing()

    Indicates whether we are currently editing this text area

    ###### Returns

    true if Display.getInstance().isTextEditing(this)

    Specified by:
      `isEditing` in interface `Editable`
    Overrides:
      `isEditing` in class `Component`

  - ### stopEditing

    public void stopEditing()
    Stops text editing of this field if it is being edited

  - ### stopEditing

    public void stopEditing(Runnable onFinish)

    Stops text editing of this field if it is being edited

    ###### Parameters

    - `onFinish`: invoked when editing stopped
    Specified by:
      `stopEditing` in interface `Editable`
    Overrides:
      `stopEditing` in class `Component`

  - ### getStyle

    public Style getStyle()

    Returns the current Component Style allowing code to draw the current component, you should normally use getUnselected/Pressed/DisabledStyle() and not this method since it will return different values based on component state.

    ###### Returns

    the component Style object

    We override get style here to return the selected style when editing

    ###### Returns

    the selected style if editing, `super.getStyle()` otherwise

    Overrides:
      `getStyle` in class `Component`

  - ### addDataChangedListener

    public void addDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener d)

    Adds a listener for data change events it will be invoked for every change made to the text field, notice most platforms will invoke only the DataChangedListener.CHANGED event

    ###### Parameters

    - `d`: the listener

  - ### removeDataChangedListener

    public void removeDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener d)

    Removes the listener for data change events

    ###### Parameters

    - `d`: the listener

  - ### addDataChangeListener

    public void addDataChangeListener(DataChangedListener d)

    Adds a listener for data change events it will be invoked for every change made to the text field, notice most platforms will invoke only the DataChangedListener.CHANGED event

    ###### Parameters

    - `d`: the listener

    ###### Deprecated

    use #addDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener) instead

  - ### removeDataChangeListener

    public void removeDataChangeListener(DataChangedListener d)

    Removes the listener for data change events

    ###### Parameters

    - `d`: the listener

    ###### Deprecated

    use #removeDataChangedListener(DataChangedListener) instead

  - ### fireDataChanged

    public void fireDataChanged(int type, int index)

    Alert the TextField listeners the text has been changed on the TextField

    ###### Parameters

    - `type`: the event type: Added, Removed or Change

    - `index`: cursor location of the event

  - ### getDoneListener

    public ActionListener getDoneListener()

    Gets the done listener of this TextField.

    ###### Returns

    the done listener or null if not exists

  - ### setDoneListener

    public void setDoneListener(ActionListener l)

    Sets a Done listener on the TextField - notice this listener will be called only on supported platforms that supports done action on the keyboard

    ###### Parameters

    - `l`: the listener

  - ### fireDoneEvent

    public void fireDoneEvent()
    Fire the done event to done listener

  - ### fireDoneEvent

    public void fireDoneEvent(int keyEvent)

  - ### isActAsLabel

    public boolean isActAsLabel()

    This flag indicates that the text area should try to act as a label and try to fix more accurately within it's bounds this might make it slower as a result

    ###### Returns

    the actAsLabel

  - ### setActAsLabel

    public void setActAsLabel(boolean actAsLabel)

    This flag indicates that the text area should try to act as a label and try to fix more accurately within it's bounds this might make it slower as a result

    ###### Parameters

    - `actAsLabel`: the actAsLabel to set

  - ### shouldRenderComponentSelection

    protected boolean shouldRenderComponentSelection()

    Special case for text components, if they are editing they should always render the selected state

    A component can indicate whether it is interested in rendering it's selection explicitly, this defaults to true in non-touch UI's and false in touch UI's except for the case where a user clicks the screen.

    ###### Returns

    Defaults to false

    ###### Returns

    true if editing

    Overrides:
      `shouldRenderComponentSelection` in class `Component`

  - ### calculateTextSelectionSpan

    protected TextSelection.Spans calculateTextSelectionSpan(TextSelection sel)

    Calculates the spans for the the given text selection. This should generally just delegate to the appropriate method in the look and feel for performing the layout calculation.

    ###### Parameters

    - `sel`: The TextSelection

    ###### Since

    7.0

  - ### isTextSelectionEnabled

    public boolean isTextSelectionEnabled()

    Returns true if text selection is enabled on this label. Default is false. To enable text selection, you must enable text selection on the Form with `Form#getTextSelection()` and `TextSelection#setEnabled(boolean)`, and also ensure that the label's text selection is enabled via `#setTextSelectionEnabled(boolean)`.

    ###### Since

    7.0

    ###### See also

    - #setTextSelectionEnabled(boolean)

  - ### setTextSelectionEnabled

    public void setTextSelectionEnabled(boolean enabled)

    Enables text selection on this TextArea. Text selection must also be enabled on the Form in order to text selection to be activated.

    ###### Parameters

    - `enabled`

    ###### Since

    7.0

    ###### See also

    - #setTextSelectionEnabled(boolean)

    - Form#getTextSelection()

    - TextSelection#setEnabled(boolean)

  - ### getTextSelectionSupport

    public TextSelection.TextSelectionSupport getTextSelectionSupport()

    Returns text selection support object for this component. Only used by components that support text selection (e.g. Labels, un-editable text fields, etc..).

    ###### Returns

    text selection support object

    ###### Since

    7.0

    Overrides:
      `getTextSelectionSupport` in class `Component`