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React Textarea with Helper Text
A textarea with helper text below providing contextual guidance about field purpose or visibility in text-muted-foreground
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Ever filled out a form wondering what exactly they want you to write? This React textarea pattern adds helper text below the input using text-muted-foreground and text-sm. Built with shadcn/ui Label and Textarea components, the contextual guidance explains field purpose or data visibility—perfect for bio fields, profile descriptions, product descriptions, feedback forms, or any multi-line input where users need clarity about what to write or how the data will be used.
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Pattern created by @haydenbleasel
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