jQuery Plugin For Smooth Auto-expanding Textarea - autoexpand

autoexpand is a jQuery plugin used to dynamically & vertically expand a textarea so that it grows as based on visitor input.

How to use it:

1. Include the jQuery JavaScript library and the jQuery autoexpand plugin at the bottom of your html page.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.autoexpand.js"></script>

2. Add an unique ID to your existing textarea.

<textarea id="autoexpand">
...
</textarea>

3. Call the plugin on the textarea.

$(function(){
$('#autoexpand').autoExpand();
});

4. Set the options.

$(function(){
$('#autoexpand').autoExpand({}

// Time in milliseconds to animate to new height
animationTime: 10,

// Amount of pixels to preserve between textarea & window bottom
windowPadding: 20

);
});

Change log:

2015-06-05

• Specify radix for parseInt

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by matthiasmullie. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.