Textarea Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor textarea control displays a classic textarea field with an option to set the number of rows.

The control is defined in Control_Textarea class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXTAREA constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	textarea	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	true	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
rows	int	5	Number of rows.
placeholder	string		The field placeholder that appears when the field has no values.
default	string		The field default value.

Return Value

(string) The textarea field value.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'item_description',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Description', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXTAREA,
				'rows' => 10,
				'default' => esc_html__( 'Default description', 'textdomain' ),
				'placeholder' => esc_html__( 'Type your description here', 'textdomain' ),
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();

		if ( empty( $settings['item_description'] ) ) {
			return;
		}
		?>
		<p class="description">
			<?php echo $settings['item_description']; ?>
		</p>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<#
		if ( '' === settings.item_description ) {
			return;
		}
		#>
		<p class="description">
			{{{ settings.item_description }}}
		</p>
		<?php
	}

}