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React Textarea with Hint
A textarea with optional field hint displayed next to label using flex justify-between layout for clarity on non-required fields
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Forms with too many required fields get abandoned—users need to know what is actually necessary. This React textarea pattern adds an Optional hint next to the label using flex justify-between and text-muted-foreground. Built with shadcn/ui Label and Textarea components, the explicit optional indicator reduces form anxiety—perfect for additional notes, supplementary descriptions, preference fields, or any multi-line input where making the optional status obvious upfront improves completion rates by not making users guess field requirements.
Pattern created by @haydenbleasel
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