feat(textarea): add md-autosize directive

package.json

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "@types/minimist": "^1.1.28",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.34",
     "@types/run-sequence": "0.0.27",
+    "@types/rx": "^2.5.33",
     "browserstacktunnel-wrapper": "^2.0.0",
     "conventional-changelog": "^1.1.0",
     "express": "^4.14.0",

src/demo-app/input/input-demo.html

@@ -174,3 +174,9 @@ <h4>Textarea</h4>
     </tr>
   </table>
 </md-card>
+
+
+<md-card>
+  <h2>textarea autosize</h2>
+  <textarea md-autosize class="demo-textarea"></textarea>
+</md-card>

src/demo-app/input/input-demo.scss

@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@
 .demo-card {
   margin: 16px;
 }
+
+.demo-textarea {
+  resize: none;
+  border: none;
+  overflow: auto;
+  padding: 0;
+  background: lightblue;
+}

src/lib/input/autosize.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {MdInputModule} from './input';
+import {MdTextareaAutosize} from './autosize';
+
+
+describe('MdTextareaAutosize', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<AutosizeTextAreaWithContent>;
+  let textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement;
+  let autosize: MdTextareaAutosize;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [MdInputModule],
+      declarations: [AutosizeTextAreaWithContent, AutosizeTextAreaWithValue],
+    });
+
+    TestBed.compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AutosizeTextAreaWithContent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    textarea = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('textarea');
+    autosize = fixture.debugElement.query(
+        By.directive(MdTextareaAutosize)).injector.get(MdTextareaAutosize);
+  });
+
+  it('should resize the textarea based on its content', () => {
+    let previousHeight = textarea.offsetHeight;
+
+    fixture.componentInstance.content = `
+    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
+    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
+        While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
+    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
+    “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
+                Only this and nothing more.”`;
+
+    // Manually call resizeToFitContent instead of faking an `input` event.
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    autosize.resizeToFitContent();
+
+    expect(textarea.offsetHeight)
+        .toBeGreaterThan(previousHeight, 'Expected textarea to have grown with added content.');
+    expect(textarea.offsetHeight)
+        .toBe(textarea.scrollHeight, 'Expected textarea height to match its scrollHeight');
+
+    previousHeight = textarea.offsetHeight;
+    fixture.componentInstance.content += `
+        Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
+    And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
+        Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
+        From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
+    For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
+                Nameless here for evermore.`;
+
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    autosize.resizeToFitContent();
+
+    expect(textarea.offsetHeight)
+        .toBeGreaterThan(previousHeight, 'Expected textarea to have grown with added content.');
+    expect(textarea.offsetHeight)
+        .toBe(textarea.scrollHeight, 'Expected textarea height to match its scrollHeight');
+  });
+
+  it('should set a min-width based on minRows', () => {
+    expect(textarea.style.minHeight).toBeFalsy();
+
+    fixture.componentInstance.minRows = 4;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(textarea.style.minHeight).toBeDefined('Expected a min-height to be set via minRows.');
+
+    let previousMinHeight = parseInt(textarea.style.minHeight);
+    fixture.componentInstance.minRows = 6;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(parseInt(textarea.style.minHeight))
+        .toBeGreaterThan(previousMinHeight, 'Expected increased min-height with minRows increase.');
+  });
+
+  it('should set a max-width based on maxRows', () => {
+    expect(textarea.style.maxHeight).toBeFalsy();
+
+    fixture.componentInstance.maxRows = 4;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(textarea.style.maxHeight).toBeDefined('Expected a max-height to be set via maxRows.');
+
+    let previousMaxHeight = parseInt(textarea.style.maxHeight);
+    fixture.componentInstance.maxRows = 6;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(parseInt(textarea.style.maxHeight))
+        .toBeGreaterThan(previousMaxHeight, 'Expected increased max-height with maxRows increase.');
+  });
+});
+
+
+// Styles to reset padding and border to make measurement comparisons easier.
+const textareaStyleReset = `
+    textarea {
+      padding: 0;
+      border: none;
+      overflow: auto;
+    }`;
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<textarea md-autosize [minRows]="minRows" [maxRows]="maxRows">{{content}}</textarea>`,
+  styles: [textareaStyleReset],
+})
+class AutosizeTextAreaWithContent {
+  minRows: number = null;
+  maxRows: number = null;
+  content: string = '';
+}
+
+@Component({
+  template: `<textarea md-autosize [value]="value"></textarea>`,
+  styles: [textareaStyleReset],
+})
+class AutosizeTextAreaWithValue {
+  value: string = '';
+}

src/lib/input/autosize.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import {Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
+
+
+/**
+ * Directive to automatically resize a textarea to fit its content.
+ */
+@Directive({
+  selector: 'textarea[md-autosize]',
+  host: {
+    '(input)': 'resizeToFitContent()',
+    '[style.min-height]': '_minHeight',
+    '[style.max-height]': '_maxHeight',
+  },
+})
+export class MdTextareaAutosize implements OnInit {
+  /** Minimum number of rows for this textarea. */
+  @Input() minRows: number;
+
+  /** Maximum number of rows for this textarea. */
+  @Input() maxRows: number;
+
+  /** Cached height of a textarea with a single row. */
+  private _cachedLineHeight: number;
+
+  constructor(private _elementRef: ElementRef) { }
+
+  /** The minimum height of the textarea as determined by minRows. */
+  get _minHeight() {
+    return this.minRows ? `${this.minRows * this._cachedLineHeight}px` : null;
+  }
+
+  /** The maximum height of the textarea as determined by maxRows. */
+  get _maxHeight() {
+    return this.maxRows ? `${this.maxRows * this._cachedLineHeight}px` : null;
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this._cacheTextareaLineHeight();
+    this.resizeToFitContent();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Cache the hight of a single-row textarea.
+   *
+   * We need to know how large a single "row" of a textarea is in order to apply minRows and
+   * maxRows. For the initial version, we will assume that the height of a single line in the
+   * textarea does not ever change.
+   */
+  private _cacheTextareaLineHeight(): void {
+    let textarea = this._elementRef.nativeElement as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+
+    // Use a clone element because we have to override some styles.
+    let textareaClone = textarea.cloneNode(false) as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    textareaClone.rows = 1;
+
+    // Use `position: absolute` so that this doesn't cause a browser layout and use
+    // `visibility: hidden` so that nothing is rendered. Clear any other styles that
+    // would affect the height.
+    textareaClone.style.position = 'absolute';
+    textareaClone.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+    textareaClone.style.border = 'none';
+    textareaClone.style.padding = '';
+    textareaClone.style.height = '';
+    textareaClone.style.minHeight = '';
+    textareaClone.style.maxHeight = '';
+
+    textarea.parentNode.appendChild(textareaClone);
+    this._cachedLineHeight = textareaClone.offsetHeight;
+    textarea.parentNode.removeChild(textareaClone);
+  }
+
+  /** Resize the textarea to fit its content. */
+  resizeToFitContent() {
+    let textarea = this._elementRef.nativeElement as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    // Reset the textarea height to auto in order to shrink back to its default size.
+    textarea.style.height = 'auto';
+
+    // Use the scrollHeight to know how large the textarea *would* be if fit its entire value.
+    textarea.style.height = `${textarea.scrollHeight}px`;
+  }
+}

src/lib/input/input.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, ControlValueAccessor, FormsModule} from '@angular/for
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
 import {MdError, coerceBooleanProperty} from '../core';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {MdTextareaAutosize} from './autosize';
 
 
 const noop = () => {};
@@ -360,9 +361,9 @@ export class MdInput implements ControlValueAccessor, AfterContentInit, OnChange
 
 
 @NgModule({
-  declarations: [MdPlaceholder, MdInput, MdHint],
+  declarations: [MdPlaceholder, MdInput, MdHint, MdTextareaAutosize],
   imports: [CommonModule, FormsModule],
-  exports: [MdPlaceholder, MdInput, MdHint],
+  exports: [MdPlaceholder, MdInput, MdHint, MdTextareaAutosize],
 })
 export class MdInputModule {
   static forRoot(): ModuleWithProviders {

src/lib/tsconfig.json

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
       "../../node_modules/@types"
     ],
     "types": [
-      "jasmine"
+      "jasmine",
+      "rx/rx.all"
     ]
   },
   "angularCompilerOptions": {