`textAreaTag()`

Description

Builds and returns a string containing a text area form control based on the supplied name. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.

Function Syntax

textAreaTag(name [, content, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel ])

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`name`	`string`	Yes		Name to populate in tag's `name` attribute.
`content`	`string`	No		Content to display in `textarea` on page load.
`label`	`string`	No		The label text to use in the form control.
`labelPlacement`	`string`	No	`around`	Whether to place the label `before`, `after`, or wrapped `around` the form control.
`prepend`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`append`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`prependToLabel`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control's `label`. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
`appendToLabel`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control's `label`. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.

Examples

<!--- Basic usage usually involves a `label`, `name`, and `password` --->
<cfoutput>
    #textAreaTag(label="Description", name="description", value=params.description)#
</cfoutput>