What is the difference between TextBox and textarea?
Beside this, what is the difference between a text field and a text area?
The main difference between TextField and TextArea in Java is that the TextField is an AWT component that allows entering a single line of text in a GUI application while the TextArea is an AWT component that allows entering multiple lines of text in a GUI application.
Beside above, what is the difference between text and text area in Salesforce?
Salesforce Text Fields. Text, allows users to enter any combination of letters and numbers up to 254 characters. Text Area, allows users to enter up to 255 characters on separate lines. Text Area (Long), allows users to enter up to 131,072 characters on separate lines.
The single line text input can be used to accept first name, last name, etc. The multi line text field can be used to collect more information like a description or comments. The password field can be used to type passwords which would appear masked as asterisk or circles so no one could read the password on screen.