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8bitcn-textarea

textareaskeuomorphism

A pixel-art wrapper around the shadcn textarea, shipped as a registry component with a companion retro stylesheet. It relies on the shadcn base textarea, the project cn helper, class-variance-authority, Tailwind utility classes, and a Google-hosted font import.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-textarea at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-textarea at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-textarea at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for 8bitcn-textarea
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical1
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.7 KB (95.1 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 632ms
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "class-variance-authority" from "<sandbox>re-bc04dd24086f/src/cut/components/ui/8bit/textarea.tsx".

Verdict

The visual wrapper is small and easy to understand, but the verified package does not build because its shadcn base textarea import is absent. It needs a shadcn-style setup, and the bare case also lacks the cn utility, so teams seeking a drop-in control should avoid this release.

Use it if

  • Your app already has the shadcn textarea and alias-based utility setup this wrapper imports.
  • You want a blocky retro border and optional pixel-font treatment for a conventional textarea.
  • Your deployment permits the stylesheet to request its font from Google Fonts.

Skip it if

  • You need a standalone textarea that can be copied into a plain React project without supporting files.
  • You cannot add the missing shadcn base textarea and project utility aliases that currently stop the build.
  • You avoid remote font requests or need typography that works fully offline.
  • You require a component that forwards a typed ref or implements its advertised asChild prop.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-textarea
Declared dependenciesclsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add a compatible base textarea, a cn class-merging helper, matching path aliases, class-variance-authority, Tailwind support for the supplied utility classes, and the retro stylesheet. Self-host or replace the imported font if external font loading is unsuitable.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/TheOrcDev/8bitcn-ui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-15

Alternatives

Other published entries for the textarea pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.