ngModel for textarea not working in angular 2

Question

I am trying to print json object in textarea using ngModel.

I have done following:

<textarea style="background-color:black;color:white;" [(ngModel)]='rapidPage' rows="30" cols="120">                             
</textarea>

I want to load the json object in textarea. The above code is loading the rapidPage object in textarea but its showing textarea value as [object Object].

object:

 this.rapidPage = {            
        "pageRows": [
            {
                "sections": [
                    {
                        "sectionRows": [
                            {
                                "secRowColumns": [                                       
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "secRowColumns": [
                                    {
                                        "colName": "users"
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "secRowColumns": [
                                    {
                                        "colName": "sample"
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "width": 0
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "pageName": "DefaultPage",
        "pageLayout": "DEFAULT_LAYOUT",
        "editMode": true
    };

I want to load the data as string. any inputs?

Solution 1

Assuming that you want to bind rapidPage as it is and will only write valid JSON in the textArea.

• You need to PARSE it when changing the value, and STRINGIFY when showing in textarea.

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StackBlitz DEMO

Do the following in your Component code

  rapidPage = {"pageRows":[{"sections":[{"sectionRows":[{"secRowColumns":[]},{"secRowColumns":[{"colName":"users"}]},{"secRowColumns":[{"colName":"sample"}]}],"width":0}]}],"pageName":"DefaultPage","pageLayout":"DEFAULT_LAYOUT","editMode":true}; 
  // your object

  get rapidPageValue () {
    return JSON.stringify(this.rapidPage, null, 2);
  }

  set rapidPageValue (v) {
    try{
    this.rapidPage = JSON.parse(v);}
    catch(e) {
      console.log('error occored while you were typing the JSON');
    };
  }

Template Usage:

<textarea [(ngModel)]='rapidPageValue' rows="30" cols="120">                             
</textarea>

Solution 2

<textarea class="form-control" 
          name="message"
          rows="8"
          [(ngModel)]="Obj.message"
          #message='ngModel'
          ></textarea>

for Two way binding You just need to add attribute in textarea tag name="message", ONLY [(ngModel)] works 100%!.

Solution 3

For binding textarea values in Angular 2 you can use the change-function:

Template

<textarea id="some-value" (change)="doTextareaValueChange($event)">{{textareaValue}}</textarea>

Component

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  private textareaValue = '';
  doTextareaValueChange(ev) {
    try {
      this.textareaValue = ev.target.value;
    } catch(e) {
      console.info('could not set textarea-value');
    }
  }
}

Solution 4

ngModel works if

1. There is a form wrapped around it & textarea has a name attribute added to it.

If you not you can use the following syntax to achieve the same effect

<textarea [value]="strVariableInComponent" (input)="strVariableInComponent = $event.target.value;"></textarea>

Solution 5

Unless you really want to have sync in between, you would normally implement a button to save/apply the change when it's finished json editing. If that is the case, your render is easy.

<textarea #textbox>{{ rapidPage | json }}</textarea>

Make sure no other space or return character in between the above line.

Then an traditional button, ex.

<a (click)="updateRapidPage(textbox.value)">Apply</a>

I found this is better in some case than brutal [(rapidPage)].

You can also use @ViewChild('textbox') input inside the component to access this variable.

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