jQWidgets jqxTextArea minLength Property

Last Updated : 25 Aug, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxTextArea represents a jQuery Textarea widget that is used to insert text content inside the textbox.

The minLength property is used to set or return the minimum number of characters needed before triggering auto-complete suggestions. It accepts Number type value and its default value is 1.

Syntax:

Set the minLength property.

$('selector').jqxTextArea({ minLength: Number });

Return the minLength property.

var minLength = $('selector').jqxTextArea('minLength');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.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>

Example: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxTextArea minLength property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcolorpicker.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/jqxlistbox.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxTextArea minLength Property 
        </h3> 
  
        <textarea id='jqxTA'></textarea> 
    </center> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            var data = [ 
                "Computer Science", 
                "C Programming", 
                "C++ Programming", 
                "Java Programming", 
                "Python Programming", 
                "HTML", 
                "CSS", 
                "JavaScript", 
                "jQuery", 
                "PHP", 
                "Bootstrap" 
            ]; 
  
            $('#jqxTA').jqxTextArea({ 
                source: data, 
                width: 250, 
                height: 100, 
                placeHolder: 'Enter Subjects...', 
                minLength: 3 
            }) 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>