Autosize Textarea
auto resize textarea height based on content.
Installation
1
Copy and paste the following code into your project.
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
interface UseAutosizeTextAreaProps {
textAreaRef: HTMLTextAreaElement | null;
minHeight?: number;
maxHeight?: number;
triggerAutoSize: string;
}
export const useAutosizeTextArea = ({
textAreaRef,
triggerAutoSize,
maxHeight = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
minHeight = 0,
}: UseAutosizeTextAreaProps) => {
const [init, setInit] = React.useState(true);
React.useEffect(() => {
// We need to reset the height momentarily to get the correct scrollHeight for the textarea
const offsetBorder = 2;
if (textAreaRef) {
if (init) {
textAreaRef.style.minHeight = `${minHeight + offsetBorder}px`;
if (maxHeight > minHeight) {
textAreaRef.style.maxHeight = `${maxHeight}px`;
}
setInit(false);
}
textAreaRef.style.height = `${minHeight + offsetBorder}px`;
const scrollHeight = textAreaRef.scrollHeight;
// We then set the height directly, outside of the render loop
// Trying to set this with state or a ref will product an incorrect value.
if (scrollHeight > maxHeight) {
textAreaRef.style.height = `${maxHeight}px`;
} else {
textAreaRef.style.height = `${scrollHeight + offsetBorder}px`;
}
}
}, [textAreaRef, triggerAutoSize]);
};
type AutosizeTextAreaProps = {
maxHeight?: number;
minHeight?: number;
} & React.AreaHTMLAttributes<HTMLTextAreaElement>;
export const AutosizeTextarea = ({
maxHeight = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
minHeight = 52,
className,
onChange,
...props
}: AutosizeTextAreaProps) => {
const ref = React.useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
const [triggerAutoSize, setTriggerAutoSize] = React.useState('');
useAutosizeTextArea({
textAreaRef: ref.current,
triggerAutoSize: triggerAutoSize,
maxHeight,
minHeight,
});
return (
<textarea
ref={ref}
className={cn(
'flex w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-3 py-2 text-sm ring-offset-background placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50',
className,
)}
onChange={(e) => {
setTriggerAutoSize(e.target.value);
onChange?.(e);
}}
{...props}
/>
);
};
2