import * as React from 'react'; import JqxTextArea from 'jqwidgets-scripts/jqwidgets-react-tsx/jqxtextarea'; class App extends React.PureComponent<{}, {}> { private myTextArea = React.createRef(); private text: string = 'jQWidgets is a comprehensive and innovative widget library built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library. It empowers developers to deliver professional, cross-browser compatible web applications, while significantly minimizing their development time. jQWidgets contains more than 60 UI widgets and is one of the fastest growing JavaScript UI frameworks on the Web.'; constructor(props: {}) { super(props); } public componentDidMount() { this.myTextArea.current!.val(this.text); } public render() { return ( ); } } export default App;