From ca0b8ec71a4f4db67e184ed4a64bce0f3abe8544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Tiekstra <erik.tiekstra@arbetsformedlingen.se>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:21:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue when control value is null inside textarea
 component

---
 libs/ui/src/textarea/textarea.component.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/ui/src/textarea/textarea.component.ts b/libs/ui/src/textarea/textarea.component.ts
index cbe13ba..67ea3c0 100644
--- a/libs/ui/src/textarea/textarea.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/src/textarea/textarea.component.ts
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ export class TextareaComponent implements AfterViewInit, ControlValueAccessor, O
 
   onTouched: () => {};
   private onChange: (value: any) => {};
-  private _value: string = '';
+  private _value: string;
 
   constructor(private injector: Injector, private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
 
   get currentValue(): string {
-    return this._value;
+    return this._value || '';
   }
 
   get charactersLeft(): number {