textarea field type

Use the textarea field type to store a multiple line text field

Create a textarea field type using

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  bw_register_field( "_oikp_notes", "textarea", __( "Notes" ) ); 
  bw_register_field_for_object_type( "_oikp_notes", "oik-presentation" );
 

Form display

When displayed in the Fields meta box or [bw_new] it appears like this.

bw_fields display

When displayed by [bw_fields] it appears like this.

Notes

In the current version of the code, localization of labels for the textarea field type is not performed automatically. Here we see the “Notes” field label being localized using the __() function, and the default textdomain.

Related

• bw_form_field_textarea() – Format a textarea metabox
• bw_theme_field_textarea() – Theme a field of type ‘textarea’

• oik-fields – requirements and implementation overview
• oik-fields – Field Types
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  • numeric field type
  • select field type
  • text field type
  • textarea field type
  • URL field type
  • Virtual field type
• oik-fields – Field Attributes
• oik-fields – Implementing a new custom field
• oik-fields – unique features