Text area

Text areas allow users to enter larger portions of text, typically as part of a form.

Text areas are used for collecting 2 or more lines of free-form text.

For best practices on building forms with inputs in Constellation, visit Pega Academy.

You may wish to disable a text area in order to prevent a user from entering or editing any information while some task is being completed, or to restrict a user's access.

The user will not be able to edit the text area if it is readonly.

There are two methods of displaying non-editable information in Constellation: as a readonly field or a field-value list. The method used depends on the context and purpose of the information.

Display a field as readonly to indicate that a user cannot edit a field due to form conditionality or role restrictions. This way, the field can be editable when certain conditions are met.

You can also display a field as readonly when doing so gives the user context, or completes the layout for a set of fields in a form. For example, in a set of address input fields, the “state” field may be readonly, while the “address”, “city”, and “zip code” fields may be editable.

Field-value lists also display non-editable information, but live outside of a form (often in a case's summary panel or details tab card). Display information in a field-value list when users need to reference the information to complete a form or review the information to verify form details.

Previously, in classic Pega, field-value list was referred to as "readonly". This was changed due to "readonly" being an HTML input attribute.

To learn how to configure this component in your Constellation application, visit Pega Documentation.

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