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React Textarea with Description
Textarea with Label and description text helper providing additional context below label with text-muted-foreground styling built with shadcn/ui
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Labels alone sometimes aren't enough—users need extra guidance. This React textarea combines shadcn/ui Textarea with Label and descriptive helper text using text-muted-foreground for subtle explanation. Built with nested flex-col and gap-1 grouping label with description, the described textarea adds context—perfect for complex fields needing clarification, optional details explaining constraints, character limits, formatting requirements, or any multi-line input where brief additional text helps users understand what to enter without cluttering with verbose labels.
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Pattern created by @haydenbleasel
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