jQuery Mobile Textinput Widget autogrow Option

Last Updated : 31 May, 2021

jQuery Mobile is a web-based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets, and desktops. In this article, we will be using the jQuery Mobile Textinput Widget autogrow Option to update the size of the textarea element. The size of textarea changes according to the content element. This option is used on textarea elements.

Syntax:

$( ".selector" ).textinput({
    autogrow: boolean
});

CDN Link: First, add jQuery Mobile scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css”>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js”></script>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js”></script>

Example:

HTML

<!doctype html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" content= 
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css"> 
  
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <script src= 
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#GFG").textinput({ 
                autogrow: true 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div data-role="page" id="page1"> 
        <div data-role="header"> 
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
            <h3>jQuery Mobile Textinput Widget autogrow Option</h3> 
        </div> 
  
        <center> 
            <div role="main" class="ui-content" style="width: 50%;"> 
                <label for="GFG">Enter Text:</label> 
                <textarea name="Geeks" id="GFG"></textarea> 
            </div> 
        </center> 
    </div> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Reference: https://api.jquerymobile.com/textinput/#option-autogrow

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