code: public static LimitedTextArea newTextArea (String text, int width, int height, int maxLength)
      {
          LimitedTextArea area = new LimitedTextArea(maxLength, width, height);
          if (text != null) {
              area.setText(text);
          }
          return area;
      }
docs: Creates a limited text area with all of the configuration that you're bound to want to do.
  
  @param width the width of the text area or -1 to use the default (or CSS styled) width.