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Label

configuration

Adds a label before the textarea. If the textarea has no id attribute, a generated id will be assigned. The string and the function parameters are setting the inner HTML of the label.

label

String|Function|Object

Default: null

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
        label: "Description"
    })
</script>

The function context (available through the keyword this) will be set to the widget instance.

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
            label: function() {
                return "First name";
            }
    })
</script>

label.content

String|Function

Sets the inner HTML of the label.

Default: ""

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
            label: {
                content: "First name"
            }
    })
</script>

The function context (available through the keyword this) will be set to the widget instance.

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
            label: {
                content: function() {
                    return "First name";
                }
            }
    })
</script>

label.floating

Boolean

If set to true, the widget will be wrapped in a container that will allow the floating label functionality.

Important: The value method does not trigger the focusout event of the textarea.

This can affect the floating label functionality. To overcome this behavior, manually invoke the refresh method of the Floating Label: $("#description").data("kendoTextArea").floatingLabel.refresh();

Default: false

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
            label: {
                content: "First name",
                floating: true
            }
    })
</script>