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## ICEfaces-EE ACE Components
Tag textAreaEntry

TextAreaEntry is a text area input component that can display some placeholder text inside the text area when the component doesn't have a value and is not focussed. It also has custom styling for invalid state and required status.

For more information, see the TextAreaEntry Wiki Documentation.

Client Events
Name | Description | Supported classes for argument
charCount | Fired when the number of characters entered in the component changes, either by the user typing a new character, deleting one or more characters, or cutting/pasting characters into the component. | javax.faces.event.AjaxBehaviorEvent
blur | Fired when the text input field loses focus (default event). | javax.faces.event.AjaxBehaviorEvent

Client events can be used with Client Behaviors and the ace:ajax tag.

Tag Information
Tag Class | org.icefaces.ace.component.textareaentry.TextAreaEntryTag
TagExtraInfo Class | None
Body Content | JSP
Display Name | None

Attributes
Name | Required | Request-time | Type | Description
accesskey | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Access key that, when pressed, transfers focus to this component.
binding | no | true | `javax.el.ValueExpression` | Using an EL expression, bind the component reference to a bean property, so that the component may be accessed in the bean.
cols | no | true | `int` | The number of columns to be displayed.
converter | no | true | `javax.faces.convert.Converter` | Converter is an interface describing a Java class that can perform Object-to-String and String-to-Object conversions between model data objects and a String representation of those objects that is suitable for rendering.
converterMessage | no | true | `java.lang.String` | If present, will be used as the text of the converter message, replacing any message that comes from the converter.
disabled | no | true | `boolean` | Flag indicating that this element must never receive focus or be included in a subsequent submit. A value of false causes no attribute to be rendered, while a value of true causes the attribute to be rendered as disabled="disabled". Default = 'false'.
id | no | true | `java.lang.String` | The component identifier for this component. This value must be unique within the closest parent component that is a naming container.
immediate | no | true | `boolean` | A flag indicating that conversion and validation of this component's value should occur during Apply Request Values phase instead of Process Validations phase. Default = 'false'.
indicatorPosition | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Position of input-required or input-optional indicator relative to input field or label. Supported values are "left/right/top/bottom/labelLeft/labelRight/none". Default is "labelRight" if labelPosition is "inField", "right" otherwise.
label | no | true | `java.lang.String` | A localized user presentable name for this component.
labelPosition | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Position of label relative to input field. Supported values are "left/right/top/bottom/inField/none". Default is "none".
maxlength | no | true | `int` | The maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Default = '-1'.
optionalIndicator | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Indicator indicating that the user is NOT required to provide a submitted value for this input component.
readonly | no | true | `boolean` | Flag indicating that this component will prohibit changes by the user. The element may receive focus unless it has also been disabled. A value of false causes no attribute to be rendered, while a value of true causes the attribute to be rendered as readonly="readonly". Default = 'false'.
rendered | no | true | `boolean` | Return true if this component (and its children) should be rendered during the Render Response phase of the request processing lifecycle. Default = 'true'.
required | no | true | `boolean` | A flag indicating whether the user required to provide a non-empty submitted value for this component. Default = 'false'.
requiredIndicator | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Indicator indicating that the user is required to provide a submitted value for this input component.
requiredMessage | no | true | `java.lang.String` | If present, will be used as the text of the validation message for the "required" facility, if the "required" facility is used.
resizable | no | true | `boolean` | Make the text area resizable via dragging the bottom right corner. Works only if browser supports CSS3 resize property. Default = 'true'.
rows | no | true | `int` | The number of rows to be displayed.
tabindex | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Position of this element in the tabbing order for the current document. This value must be an integer between 0 and 32767.
validator | no | true | `javax.el.MethodExpression` | MethodExpression representing a validator method that will be called during Process Validations to perform correctness checks on the value of this component. The expression must evaluate to a public method that takes FacesContext, UIComponent, and Object parameters, with a return type of void.
validatorMessage | no | true | `java.lang.String` | If present, will be used as the text of the validator message, replacing any message that comes from the validator.
value | no | true | `java.lang.Object` | The current value of the simple component. The value to be rendered.
valueChangeListener | no | true | `javax.el.MethodExpression` | MethodExpression representing a value change listener method that will be notified when a new value has been set for this input component. The expression must evaluate to a public method that takes a `ValueChangeEvent` parameter, with a return type of void, or to a public method that takes no arguments with a return type of void. In the latter case, the method has no way of easily knowing what the new value is, but this can be useful in cases where a notification is needed that "this value changed".
widgetVar | no | true | `java.lang.String` | Name of the widget variable to access client-side API.

Variables
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