Use the Text Area Web component to provide the user with a text entry area. The Text Area Web component allows a user to enter several lines of text; whereas, the Text Entry Web component only allows text be input on one line. For example, if you would like to provide an area in an input page where the user can submit their comments on a product of yours, then you may want to use the Text Area Web component for this.
For example, if the Web component is inserted in a form, and the form's orientation is specified as Right-to-left, then the orientation for the Web component is also Right-to-left.
The default is Left-to-right.
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