Staging Review finding: Use the va-textarea web component not native html element

[shiragoodman]

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Product Information

Team: Veteran Facing Forms
Product: Forms Status
Feature: Form Status on My VA & Confirmation Page

Findings details

VA.gov Experience Standard - issue: User encounters a component or pattern that isn't considered a best practice.
VA.gov Experience Standard - category: Consistency
Launch-blocking: No
Design System review: No
Collab Cycle Reviewer: @it-harrison (QA)

Description

The form uses a native textarea element not a va-textarea element

Link, screenshot or steps to recreate

Recommended action

Use the va-textarea web component

References

• Accessibility Defect Severity: N/A
• WCAG Success Criteria: N/A
• Modality: N/A
• Design System Component: Textarea
• Design System Pattern or Template: N/A
• Design System Foundation: N/A
• Content Style Guide: N/A
• Context: N/A

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