I recently posted this question on the Esri forums and thought I'd give stack exchange a try too.
I'd like to take this sample:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/ed/ed_multipleAttrInspector.html
and change the text boxes to text areas similar to the "Editor with Toolbar (Union)" sample.
You can find these samples by going to:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples_start.htm
The one I am trying to customize is listed under Editing – Edit Modifiable Fields
One of the samples that uses text areas instead of text boxes is under Editing – Editor with Toolbar (Union)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you find a line of code that you think I need to add, please tell me exactly where it needs to be added in the "Edit Modifiable Fields" sample.
Best Answer
Create a custom fieldInfos array. In the first sample, modify the initEditing function. The code would look something like this to make the field named "notes" into a textarea: