The Textarea field accepts any form of multi-line string input, including custom HTML.

Textarea Field


Arguments

Name Type Default Description
type string ‘textarea’ Value identifying the field type.
id string Unique ID identifying the field. Must be different from all other field IDs.
title string Displays title of the option.
subtitle string Subtitle display of the option, situated beneath the title.
desc string Description of the option, appearing beneath the field control.
class string Appends any number of classes to the field’s class attribute.
compiler bool Flag to run the compiler hook. More info
required array Provide the parent, comparison operator, and value which affects the field’s visibility. More info
validate string String value of color to validate the chosen color. More info.
default string Default text to display inside the textarea field.
placeholder string Message to display when no text is present.
rows int 6 Numbers of text rows to display.
allowed_html array Array of allowed HTML tags. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_kses for more information.
permissions string String specifying the capability required to view the section. More info.
hint array Array containing the content and optional title arguments for the hint tooltip. More info

Note: For the allowed_html array to apply, the validate argument must be set to html_custom.


Example Declaration

    $fields = array(
        'id'=>'opt-textarea',
        'type' => 'textarea',
        'title' => __('Textarea Option - HTML Validated Custom', 'redux-framework-demo'), 
        'subtitle' => __('Custom HTML Allowed (wp_kses)', 'redux-framework-demo'),
        'desc' => __('This is the description field, again good for additional info.', 'redux-framework-demo'),
        'validate' => 'html_custom',
        'default' => '<br />Some HTML is allowed in here.<br />',
        'allowed_html' => array(
            'a' => array(
                'href' => array(),
                'title' => array()
            ),
            'br' => array(),
            'em' => array(),
            'strong' => array()
        )
    );

Example Usage

This example in based on the example usage provided above. Be sure to change $redux_demo to the value you specified in your opt_name argument.

global $redux_demo;

echo '' . $redux_demo['opt-textarea'];