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Styling and Appearance

jQWidgets uses a pair of css files - jqx.base.css and jqx.[theme name].css. The base stylesheet creates the styles related to the widget's layout like margin, padding, border-width, position. The second css file applies the widget's colors and backgrounds. The jqx.base.css should be included before the second CSS file.

Below is the list of CSS classes used by jqxTextArea.
  • jqx-text-area - applied to the widget.
  • jqx-panel - applied to the widget.
  • jqx-widget - applied to the widget and its pop-up.
  • jqx-widget-content - applied to the widget, its inner textarea and the pop-up.
  • jqx-rc-all - applied to the widget, its pop-up and the pop-up items if the property roundedCorners is set to true. Adds rounded corners to the widget.
  • jqx-text-area-element - applied to the widget's inner textarea.
  • jqx-text-area-element-rtl - applied to the widget's inner textarea if the property rtl is set to true.
  • jqx-fill-state-disabled - applied to the widget when it is disabled.
  • jqx-fill-state-focus - applied to the widget's inner textarea when it is focused.
  • jqx-fill-state-pressed - applied to the selected item in the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-popup - applied to the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-input-popup - applied to the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-menu - applied to the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-menu-vertical - applied to the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-menu-dropdown - applied to the widget's pop-up.
  • jqx-menu-item - applied to the widget's pop-up items.
  • jqx-item - applied to the widget's pop-up items.
When you create a custom style with colors and backgrounds for jqxTextArea, you need to do the following:
  • Add the above CSS classes related to jqxTextArea
  • After each CSS class, add your theme name.
    For example:
    jqx-textarea-summer
  • To apply your custom style to jqxTextArea, you need to set its 'theme' property (option) to point to your theme name string. 
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#jqxTextArea').jqxTextArea({ theme: 'summer', width: 250, height: 100, placeHolder: 'Enter a sentence...' });
        });
    </script>
  • The sample below demonstrates how to set the 'summer' theme to jqxTextArea. 
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>jQuery TextArea Styling Sample</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.summer.css" type="text/css" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxtextarea.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function () {
                $('#jqxTextArea').jqxTextArea({ theme: 'summer', width: 250, height: 100, placeHolder: 'Enter a sentence...' });
                $('#jqxTextArea').jqxTextArea('val', 'jQWidgets is a comprehensive and innovative widget library built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library. It empowers developers to deliver professional, cross-browser compatible web applications, while significantly minimizing their development time. jQWidgets contains more than 60 UI widgets and is one of the fastest growing JavaScript UI frameworks on the Web.');
            });
        </script>
    <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-2FX5PV9DNT"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'G-2FX5PV9DNT');</script></head>
    <body>
        <textarea id="jqxTextArea"></textarea>
    </body>
    </html>