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## <iron-autogrow-textarea>
`iron-autogrow-textarea` is an element containing a textarea that grows in height as more
lines of input are entered. Unless an explicit height or the `maxRows` property is set, it will
never scroll.
See: [Documentation](https://www.webcomponents.org/element/@polymer/iron-autogrow-textarea),
[Demo](https://www.webcomponents.org/element/@polymer/iron-autogrow-textarea/demo/demo/index.html).
## Usage
### Installation
```
npm install --save @polymer/iron-autogrow-textarea
```
### In an html file
```html
```
### In a Polymer 3 element
```js
import {PolymerElement, html} from '@polymer/polymer';
import '@polymer/iron-autogrow-textarea/iron-autogrow-textarea.js';
class SampleElement extends PolymerElement {
static get template() {
return html`
`;
}
}
customElements.define('sample-element', SampleElement);
```
## Contributing
If you want to send a PR to this element, here are
the instructions for running the tests and demo locally:
### Installation
```sh
git clone https://github.com/PolymerElements/iron-autogrow-textarea
cd iron-autogrow-textarea
npm install
npm install -g polymer-cli
```
### Running the demo locally
```sh
polymer serve --npm
open http://127.0.0.1:/demo/
```
### Running the tests
```sh
polymer test --npm
```