Answers.Body: <p>Use the 'Note' type of custom field to get a text area</p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to create a custom 'About Me' field  for a web  profile, but there doesn't appear to be anyway to make a text area or multi-line text custom field.</p>
  
  <p>I know I can set the field length to allow users to enter plenty of text (currently set to 1000 characters), but the input box will still only be a single line.</p>
  
  <p>Of course, in Webforms in Drupal, for example, I can set the length of the input box as well, but, again, still only a single line.</p>
  
  <p>The problem, then, is not that the user can't enter the text I want them to, but that their experience of doing so is disconcerting and uncomfortable.  They can't see most of the text they've entered, which makes editing very difficult and frustrating.</p>
  
  <p>I feel like there must be an obvious solution for this, but can't find it.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Lewis</p>
  
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Comments.Text: If you [read the documentation](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/4.7/organising-your-data/creating-custom-fields/), it says clearly under Custom Fields --> Type: *Note: a longer text box which allows multiple lines*.
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Comments.Text: Yes.  My apologies.  Not sure how I missed that.  Thanks.
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Comments.Text: No need for an apology, just offering a pointer :)
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Tags: <custom-fields><user-experience>
Title: How to a create custom field that is multi-line text or text area?
ThreadText: # How to a create custom field that is multi-line text or text area?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-24)
  
  I want to create a custom 'About Me' field for a web profile, but there doesn't appear to be anyway to make a text area or multi-line text custom field.
  
  I know I can set the field length to allow users to enter plenty of text (currently set to 1000 characters), but the input box will still only be a single line.
  
  Of course, in Webforms in Drupal, for example, I can set the length of the input box as well, but, again, still only a single line.
  
  The problem, then, is not that the user can't enter the text I want them to, but that their experience of doing so is disconcerting and uncomfortable. They can't see most of the text they've entered, which makes editing very difficult and frustrating.
  
  I feel like there must be an obvious solution for this, but can't find it.
  
  Thanks,
  username_0
  
  **Tags:** custom-fields, user-experience
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: If you [read the documentation](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/4.7/organising-your-data/creating-custom-fields/), it says clearly under Custom Fields --> Type: *Note: a longer text box which allows multiple lines*.  
  > **username_0**: Yes.  My apologies.  Not sure how I missed that.  Thanks.  
  > **username_1**: No need for an apology, just offering a pointer :)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-08-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Use the 'Note' type of custom field to get a text area
  
  
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