From 3c3d798a63d47cf9669640b0daea3a53fbdb34d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush578 <ayush.agrawal@uipath.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(apollo-wind): add autoGrow in textArea [MST-12041]

---
 .../src/components/ui/textarea.stories.tsx    |  19 ++
 .../src/components/ui/textarea.test.tsx       |  24 +++
 .../src/components/ui/textarea.tsx            | 177 +++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.stories.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.stories.tsx
index f21c1b913..a0f755bca 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.stories.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ export const WithRows: Story = {
   },
 };
 
+export const AutoGrow = {
+  render: () => (
+    <div className="grid w-full max-w-sm gap-1.5">
+      <Label htmlFor="autogrow">Auto-growing field</Label>
+      <Textarea
+        id="autogrow"
+        minRows={3}
+        maxRows={7}
+        placeholder="Starts at 3 rows and never shrinks below that. Grows with content up to 7 rows, then scrolls. Drag the bottom-right handle to make it taller than 7 rows."
+      />
+      <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+        <code>{'minRows={3}'}</code> is a floor: the field never renders or resizes shorter than 3
+        rows. <code>{'maxRows={7}'}</code> auto-grows with content up to 7 rows, then scrolls. The
+        resize handle is not capped, so you can drag past 7 rows to take manual control.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  ),
+} satisfies Story;
+
 export const WithDescription = {
   render: () => (
     <div className="grid w-full max-w-sm gap-1.5">
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.test.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.test.tsx
index 290655f98..8f88a51e3 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.test.tsx
@@ -149,4 +149,28 @@ describe('Textarea', () => {
     const textarea = screen.getByRole('textbox');
     expect(textarea).toHaveValue('Default text');
   });
+
+  describe('auto-grow structure (minRows / maxRows)', () => {
+    it('stays a plain textarea when neither minRows nor maxRows is set', () => {
+      render(<Textarea aria-label="Message" />);
+      const textarea = screen.getByRole('textbox') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+      expect(textarea).not.toHaveClass('resize-y');
+      expect(textarea.style.minHeight).toBe('');
+      expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('');
+    });
+
+    it('auto-grows and enables the resize handle once maxRows is set', () => {
+      render(<Textarea maxRows={5} aria-label="Message" />);
+      const textarea = screen.getByRole('textbox') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+      expect(textarea).toHaveClass('resize-y');
+    });
+
+    it('still forwards onChange while auto-growing', async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      const handleChange = vi.fn();
+      render(<Textarea minRows={3} maxRows={5} onChange={handleChange} aria-label="Message" />);
+      await user.type(screen.getByRole('textbox'), 'hi');
+      expect(handleChange).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.tsx
index 6ae7c28dc..0b2887b0b 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/textarea.tsx
@@ -2,20 +2,189 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { cn } from '@/lib/index';
 
-export type TextareaProps = React.ComponentProps<'textarea'>;
+export type TextareaProps = React.ComponentProps<'textarea'> & {
+  /**
+   * Minimum number of visible rows.
+   */
+  minRows?: number;
+  /**
+   * Enables auto-grow and sets the ceiling, in rows. The field grows with its content
+   * up to `maxRows`, then scrolls.
+   */
+  maxRows?: number;
+};
+
+/** Coerce a row count to a positive integer, or `undefined` when unusable. */
+function normalizeRows(value: number | undefined): number | undefined {
+  if (value === undefined || !Number.isFinite(value)) return undefined;
+  return Math.max(1, Math.floor(value));
+}
+
+interface RowMetrics {
+  lineHeight: number;
+  padding: number;
+  border: number;
+  borderBox: boolean;
+}
+
+/** Reads the per-row line height and vertical padding/border of a textarea. */
+function measureRowMetrics(el: HTMLTextAreaElement): RowMetrics {
+  const styles = window.getComputedStyle(el);
+  const lineHeight = parseFloat(styles.lineHeight) || parseFloat(styles.fontSize) * 1.2 || 20;
+  const padding = parseFloat(styles.paddingTop) + parseFloat(styles.paddingBottom) || 0;
+  const border = parseFloat(styles.borderTopWidth) + parseFloat(styles.borderBottomWidth) || 0;
+  return {
+    lineHeight,
+    padding,
+    border,
+    borderBox: styles.boxSizing === 'border-box',
+  };
+}
+
+/** Serialize a React style value to a CSS string (numbers become px), or '' when unset. */
+function cssLength(value: string | number | undefined | null): string {
+  if (value === undefined || value === null) return '';
+  return typeof value === 'number' ? `${value}px` : String(value);
+}
 
 const Textarea = React.forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, TextareaProps>(
-  ({ className, ...props }, ref) => {
+  ({ className, minRows, maxRows, onChange, style, ...props }, ref) => {
+    // Normalize + guard inverted bounds: a floor taller than the ceiling would trip the
+    // manual-resize detector and permanently disable auto-sizing (min never exceeds max).
+    const { effMinRows, effMaxRows } = React.useMemo(() => {
+      const nMin = normalizeRows(minRows);
+      const nMax = normalizeRows(maxRows);
+      return {
+        effMinRows: nMin !== undefined && nMax !== undefined ? Math.min(nMin, nMax) : nMin,
+        effMaxRows: nMax,
+      };
+    }, [minRows, maxRows]);
+
+    const managed = effMinRows !== undefined || effMaxRows !== undefined;
+
+    const innerRef = React.useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
+    const manuallyResized = React.useRef(false);
+    // Keep the latest consumer style available to imperative code without re-subscribing.
+    const styleRef = React.useRef(style);
+    styleRef.current = style;
+
+    const setRef = React.useCallback(
+      (node: HTMLTextAreaElement | null) => {
+        innerRef.current = node;
+        if (typeof ref === 'function') ref(node);
+        else if (ref) ref.current = node;
+      },
+      [ref]
+    );
+
+    // Restore the inline styles auto-grow owns to the consumer's declared values (or clear
+    // ours). React doesn't track these because we set them imperatively, so switching modes
+    // would otherwise leave stale height/overflow behind.
+    const restoreOwnedStyles = React.useCallback((el: HTMLTextAreaElement) => {
+      const consumer = styleRef.current;
+      el.style.height = cssLength(consumer?.height);
+      el.style.minHeight = cssLength(consumer?.minHeight);
+      el.style.overflowY = cssLength(consumer?.overflowY);
+    }, []);
+
+    // Apply the `minRows` floor and, when `maxRows` is set, fit the height to the content up
+    // to the ceiling (scrolling past it). `scrollHeight` excludes the border, so add it back
+    // in border-box mode; content-box keeps the content-only calculation.
+    const resize = React.useCallback(() => {
+      const el = innerRef.current;
+      if (!el || !managed) return;
+
+      const { lineHeight, padding, border, borderBox } = measureRowMetrics(el);
+      const extra = borderBox ? padding + border : 0;
+      const minHeight = effMinRows !== undefined ? effMinRows * lineHeight + extra : 0;
+
+      el.style.minHeight =
+        effMinRows !== undefined ? `${minHeight}px` : cssLength(styleRef.current?.minHeight);
+
+      if (effMaxRows === undefined || manuallyResized.current) return;
+
+      const maxHeight = effMaxRows * lineHeight + extra;
+      el.style.height = 'auto';
+      const contentNeeded = borderBox
+        ? el.scrollHeight + border
+        : Math.max(0, el.scrollHeight - padding);
+      const target = Math.min(Math.max(contentNeeded, minHeight), maxHeight);
+      el.style.height = `${target}px`;
+      el.style.overflowY = contentNeeded > maxHeight ? 'auto' : 'hidden';
+    }, [managed, effMinRows, effMaxRows]);
+
+    // Re-fit on mount and whenever the (possibly controlled) value changes.
+    // biome-ignore lint/correctness/useExhaustiveDependencies: re-fit when the content value changes
+    React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      resize();
+    }, [resize, props.value, props.defaultValue]);
+
+    // React to the sizing contract itself changing: reset the manual-drag latch and clear any
+    // stale inline styles (auto-grow -> floor-only, or managed -> unmanaged), then re-fit.
+    React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      manuallyResized.current = false;
+      const el = innerRef.current;
+      if (!el) return;
+      if (!managed) {
+        restoreOwnedStyles(el);
+        return;
+      }
+      // Floor-only now: drop any height/overflow a previous `maxRows` left behind.
+      if (effMaxRows === undefined) {
+        el.style.height = cssLength(styleRef.current?.height);
+        el.style.overflowY = cssLength(styleRef.current?.overflowY);
+      }
+      resize();
+    }, [managed, effMaxRows, resize, restoreOwnedStyles]);
+
+    // Observe the element for (a) width/breakpoint reflow — content can rewrap to a new height
+    // that a value-only refit would miss — and (b) manual drags past the ceiling, after which
+    // the user owns the height (and we keep it scrollable).
+    React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      const el = innerRef.current;
+      if (!el || !managed || typeof ResizeObserver === 'undefined') return;
+
+      let lastWidth = el.clientWidth;
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+        const width = el.clientWidth;
+        if (width !== lastWidth) {
+          lastWidth = width;
+          resize();
+          return;
+        }
+        if (effMaxRows === undefined || manuallyResized.current) return;
+
+        const { lineHeight, padding, border, borderBox } = measureRowMetrics(el);
+        const maxHeight = effMaxRows * lineHeight + (borderBox ? padding + border : 0);
+        if (el.offsetHeight > maxHeight + 1) {
+          manuallyResized.current = true;
+          // Keep content scrollable at the user's chosen height instead of freezing `hidden`.
+          el.style.overflowY = cssLength(styleRef.current?.overflowY) || 'auto';
+        }
+      });
+      observer.observe(el);
+      return () => observer.disconnect();
+    }, [managed, effMaxRows, resize]);
+
     return (
       <textarea
         className={cn(
           // Base styles (all themes)
-          'flex min-h-[80px] w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-transparent px-3 py-2 text-base transition-colors placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50 md:text-sm',
+          'flex w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-transparent px-3 py-2 text-base transition-colors placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50 md:text-sm',
           // Future Dark / Future Light overrides
           'future:rounded-xl future:border-0 future:bg-surface-overlay future:text-sm future:placeholder:text-foreground-muted future:placeholder:font-normal future:focus-visible:ring-offset-2 future:focus-visible:ring-offset-background',
+          // Fixed floor only in the unmanaged default; managed mode owns its min-height inline.
+          !managed && 'min-h-[80px]',
+          // Vertical resize handle (uncapped above; bounded below by the `minRows` floor).
+          managed && 'resize-y',
           className
         )}
-        ref={ref}
+        ref={setRef}
+        style={style}
+        onChange={(event) => {
+          onChange?.(event);
+          resize();
+        }}
         {...props}
       />
     );