Question: Why does Explore produce warnings when mixing textarea and slider?

Is this a bug?  Or one can not mix slider for one variable and textarea for second variable in Explore?

Or do I need to initialize the textarea is special way? Nothing in help shows an example with textarea and slider together.

interface(version);

`Standard Worksheet Interface, Maple 2025.2, Windows 10, November 11 2025 Build ID 1971053`

No textarea , works OK

 

restart;

Explore(plot(a*sin(b*t),t=0..10),
   parameters=[              
        [a=1..20],
        [b=1..20]
        ],
  initialvalues=[a=6,b=5],placement='right',width=300);

 

 

Change one slider to textarea, now error

 

restart;

Explore(plot(a*sin(b*t),t=0..10),
   parameters=[              
        [a=1..20],
        [b,'controller' = 'textarea','label'="b" ]
        ],
  initialvalues=[a=6,b=5],placement='right',width=300);

Warning, expecting only range variable t in expression 20*sin(b*t) to be plotted but found name b

Warning, expecting only range variable t in expression sin(b*t) to be plotted but found name b

 

 

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