Properties of textarea component

Properties of UI components are used to access and mutate their content as well as their appearances. Use dot notation to refer to a specific property.

A few of the important properties of the text area component are as follows:

• Value: We can use the Value property of a text area to access or set its content.
• Placeholder: The text that will be shown in the text area when it’s empty. Default is an empty string.
• Horizontal Alignment: Specifies the alignment of the text within the text area. possible options are left, right or centre. Default is ‘left’.
• WordWrap: Wraps the content to match the container’s width. Default is ‘on’.
• FontName: Used to set the font name for the content of the text area.
• FontSize: Used to set the font size of the text.
• FontWeight: this property is used to set the boldness level of the text in the text area.
• FontAngle: Use to change the angle of the font.
• FontColor: Used to change the font colour.
• BackgroundColor: This property helps to set the background colour of the text.
• Enable: Using this property a text area can be disabled or enabled for use.
• Position: accepts a list of 4 values, the first 2 are locations and the last two are the size of the text area.
• Visible: Visibility of the text area is controlled by this property. Default is ‘on’.

Matlab offers tools for developing GUI applications. It provides functions that can create TextFields, Labels, Buttons, and many more, along with properties to manipulate the components. In this article, we will learn to create a TextArea Component using Matlab.