From df83dc2cf9d3c201670095206834f324e46e2926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: konnorrogers <konnor5456@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:24:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use MirrorValidator

---
 src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts b/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
index 4e73b0297..189bfc0b5 100644
--- a/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ export default class WaTextarea extends LitTextareaMixin(WebAwesomeElement) impl
   static styles: CSSResultGroup = styles;
 
   static shadowRootOptions = {...LitElement.shadowRootOptions, delegatesFocus: true};
-  // static get validators () { return [MirrorValidator] }
+
+  // MirrorValidator uses the internal native `<textarea>`, however, it does have some issues when used with programmatic validation.
+  static get validators () { return [MirrorValidator] }
 
   static get properties () {
     return {