Kuika's Text Area element allows users to enter long texts in your application. It allows texts to be organized in a larger area, helping users to write and edit their content comfortably. The Text Area element allows users to enter more text by increasing the number of lines and provides a better view when editing text. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Text Area element and how to set configuration options to improve the user experience.

The Text Area element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

Adding a Text Area element,
Text Area element properties,
Authorization,
Visibility,
Editability,
Customize the interface design with Style Panel,
Actions.

Add Text Area Element

After logging in to the Kuika platform, open the project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.

In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Text Area element (4) under the “Text Input” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the Text Area element to the screen with drag and drop from the Elements panel. If you drag it to an empty space on the screen, it will be added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, only the Text Area element will be added.

Text Area Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Value: Represents the text entered by the user. You can add a static value or dynamically assign a value. For example, a previously entered text can be displayed in this field while the user is filling out a form. You can also add data from other elements or actions here using Symbol Picker for dynamic values.
Placeholder: This is the placeholder text that appears in the text field before the user enters. It allows you to tell users what type of information needs to be entered. For example, you can add a placeholder like “Type your text here.”
Allow Clear: Allows a Delete (X) icon to appear on the right edge of the element to allow users to quickly delete text they have entered.
Autosize: Allows the height of the Text Area element to be automatically adjusted depending on the length of the text entered by the user.
Max Lenght: Allows you to set the maximum number of characters that users can enter in the text area. It protects data integrity by allowing them to enter text without exceeding the limit you set. For example, you can use this feature if you want to allow only 200 characters in a form.
Show Count: Allows users to view the number of characters they have entered in the text field in real time.
Formatter: Allows the text entered by users to be automatically formatted into a specific format (uppercase, lowercase, etc.).
Read Only: Allows the text field to be read only. Users cannot make any changes to this field and can only view the current value.

Authorization.

You can customize user access with “Anonymous Access” and “All Roles Access” authorization options on the screens and elements of your application. While “Anonymous Access” enables access without any account information query, “All Roles Access” provides access by verifying user account information.

For element level authorization, you can manage the security and user experience of your application by selecting the relevant element and editing the “Authorization” settings from the Properties panel.

Visibility.

It allows you to adjust the visibility of screens or elements. Visibility in Elements allows you to regulate visibility based on a specific state or condition. For each element, you can make it always visible, hidden, or visible and hidden depending on a condition.

Click on the element on the screen.
Open the “Properties” panel on the right side.
Click on the “Visibility” field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

Always Visible: Ensures that the screens in your app are always visible. ‍
Hidden: Allows hiding screens in your application. ‍
Sometimes Visible: Makes screens in your application conditionally visible.

Editability

Allows you to make elements editable.

Enabled: Selecting this option makes the element editable.
Disabled: In this case, the element cannot be edited.
Sometimes Enabled: This option means that the element is sometimes editable and sometimes not, depending on certain conditions.

Customize the İnterface Design with Style Panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and impressive user interfaces in your web and mobile applications.

The sections defined below vary depending on the element.

Layout‍: Here you can make visual adjustments such as sizing, alignment and padding of elements. These settings also affect the layout of other elements within the element. Properties include Size, Min Size and Align; however, some elements may not support the Display property.
Text: The element's text properties can be edited here through font family, style, color, size, spacing and other options. This section supports all Text related adjustments.
Fill: You can use the Fill setting to customize the element's background with color or images.
Border: You can give your elements a more aesthetic look by adding borders and adjusting the corner radii.
Shadow: You can add a shadow effect to elements used in web applications to give a sense of depth. However, the shadow feature may not be supported as some elements are not suitable for mobile applications.

Actions.

Kuika contains system actions such as Arithmetic, Authorization, Condition, Device, Export, Geolocation, Invers, Local Storage, Multi Language, Navigation, Notification, Payment, UI Control, Process Administration, Process Automation, Trigger, Process Automation, Process Administration and String Operations.

In addition to system actions, you can also use SQL actions that you create yourself.

To add actions to elements, you can use the “+ADD ACTION” button from the Properties panel on the right side.