# Textarea **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651 **Category:** Feature Requests **Created:** [May 11, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651 "2021-05-11T20:05:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 6 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![John\_Cabrera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/john_cabrera/32/2066_2.png) [@John\_Cabrera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Cabrera) #### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/1 "2021-05-11T20:05:15Z")
This one may seem nit picky but from a UI/UX perspective I think it’s pretty important. It would be great if we could switch between single text field and a multiple line text-area. I realize that as you write multiple lines in a text field, it expands, but from a visual perspective, certain types of data entry should be communicated to the user as more paragraph style. A bio, for example, is odd being entered on a single expanding line. We rarely see multi-line data being given in a single-line text field for input in modern apps. Another use case is status updating. Imagine if Twitter or Facebook had just a single line text field for users to input their tweet or post. It would communicate to the user from the onset that this should be one-sentence long content. The closest thing we have to multi-line text is the Note component, but that doesn’t really feel right. Text areas are a standard part of html and app forms, and I’d really like to see Glide bring this to us soon. ---
### Author: ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david) #### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/2 "2021-05-11T20:33:59Z")
Great idea. ---
### Author: ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires) #### Post date: [May 12, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/3 "2021-05-12T02:07:10Z")
Yes, it would be amazing! ---
### Author: ![GlideUser123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/glideuser123/32/52308_2.png) [@GlideUser123](https://community.glideapps.com/u/GlideUser123) #### Post date: [January 3, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/4 "2023-01-03T13:48:07Z")
Any word on multi line data inputs coming? ---
### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy) #### Post date: [January 3, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/5 "2023-01-03T13:54:11Z")
This has been available for a long time. ![Screen Shot 2023-01-03 at 9.53.21 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/5/b51b14fe12a3ccd29d6ccf4c7be29d5cacd8ec20.png) ---
### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy) #### Post date: [January 3, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/textarea/26651/6 "2023-01-03T14:00:17Z")