Angular MDBootstrap Textarea Component

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

MDBootstrap is a Material Design and bootstrap-based Angular UI library that is used to make attractive webpages with its seamless and easy-to-use component. In this article, we will know how to use Textarea Component in Angular MDBootstrap.

The Textarea Component is used to make a field in which the user will input some text in a large volume.

Syntax:

<div class="md-form">
    <mdb-icon fab icon="angular" 
                  class="prefix">
    </mdb-icon>
    <textarea type="text" 
              class="md-textarea form-control" mdbInput>
    </textarea>
    <label>Textarea</label>
</div>

Approach:

Download Angular MDBootstrap from the official site.
Extract the files to the current working directory.
Install npm in the current project using the following command:

npm install

After creating your project folder i.e. appname, move to it using the following command:

cd appname

Start the server using the following command:

ng serve

Project Structure: After complete installation, it will look like the following:

Example 1: This is the basic example that illustrates how to use the Textarea Component in Angular MDBootstrap.

app.component.html

<div id="gfg">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h4>
        Angular MDBootstrap Textarea Component
    </h4>
    <br />
    <div class="md-form">
        <mdb-icon fab icon="angular" 
                  class="prefix">
        </mdb-icon>
        <textarea type="text" 
                  class="md-textarea form-control" mdbInput>
        </textarea>
        <label>Textarea Component</label>
    </div>
</div>

app.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "my-app",
  templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"],
})
export class AppComponent {}

app.module.ts

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MDBBootstrapModule } from 'angular-bootstrap-md';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    MDBBootstrapModule.forRoot(),
    FormsModule,
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule{}

Output:

Example 2: In this example, we will know how to auto-resize the textarea in Angular MDBootstrap.

app.component.html

<div id="gfg">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h4>
        Angular MDBootstrap Textarea Component
    </h4>
    <br />
        <div class="md-form">
            <mdb-icon fab icon="angular" class="prefix"></mdb-icon>
            <textarea type="text" 
                class="md-textarea md-textarea-auto form-control"
                      mdbInput>
            </textarea>
            <label>Textarea Component</label>
        </div>
</div>

app.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"],
})
export class AppComponent{}

app.module.ts

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MDBBootstrapModule } from 'angular-bootstrap-md';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    MDBBootstrapModule.forRoot(),
    FormsModule,
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule{}