# Is it possible to have a multi-line/longer text field in the signup form?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, user-custom-fields
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642 "2023-03-09T19:28:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@mk0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mk0r)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/1 "2023-03-09T19:28:35Z")
Sorry I don’t have a current installation to see for myself. I am planning to create a community that requires approval from a moderator to join. I’d like to have a custom field in the signup form where people can write a short note about themselves. Is this currently possible? If not please consider this as a feature request. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/2 "2023-03-09T20:54:44Z")
It’s possible to add a custom field that allows users to input their own text on signup, the limit on length is very high so there shouldn’t be any technical issue with writing multiple sentences here, but it appears as a single-line input rather than a textarea… so it’s not the best experience.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/3 "2023-03-09T21:08:31Z")
This would be a good feature request.
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### Author:  [@JoelZaslofsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoelZaslofsky)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/4 "2023-09-06T20:27:14Z")
I’m all for textarea custom fields instead of just single line text fields. We have some custom text fields that are intended to hold paragraphs worth of writing and it’s super awkward to fill them out when your cursor keeps scrolling to the right, making it so you can only see 100-200 characters of what you just wrote.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/5 "2023-09-08T20:11:16Z")
This would be pretty easy to achieve with the Custom Wizard Plugin. You can set a wizard to fire on signups, and have a tonne of control over the fields.
> [@Custom Wizard Plugin mage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345):
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> pavilionSummary Forms for Discourse. This plugin lets you make rich and powerful forms for your Discourse forum. Better user onboarding, structured posting, data enrichment, automated actions and much more for your community.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)people_huggingCommunity Community based support and discussions about this plugin are hosted on th…
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### Author:  [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/6 "2025-07-05T13:50:36Z")
I think we should revisit this… Seems like it is quite a popular request and it should be in core Discourse. For example, when creating a custom user field, there could be a toggle to make it a textfield or a textarea (with an optional character limit).
**🤖 This could allow for rich data for an LLM to consume via a [custom tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-custom-tools/314103) which runs a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query**
Indeed just visiting the #user-custom-fields tag reveals how popular and important they are to communities.
> [@Multiline custom user field text box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793):
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> How can we make the text box for user custom fields resemble the “About me” text box in profile settings? Or at least how can we make the fields multiline-friendly?
> [@Textarea user field type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289):
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> I would like to have a user field type that is for long-form text, so users could write paragraphs and have line breaks (and any markdown/HTML) preserved when it is shown in the user’s profile. Could I achieve this myself with limited coding knowledge? I have done a little with Javascript, but I admittedly find backend development intimidating. If this is best achieved through a custom plugin in the marketplace, what kind of budget should I expect to have?
I’d honestly be willing to just pay Discourse to add this to core 💰😂
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/7 "2025-07-10T05:29:15Z")
> [@MachineScholar](#):
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> I’d honestly be willing to just pay Discourse to add this to core 💰😂
You might not be quite so keen once you realise just how much that would cost in developer / UI / design / etc resource!!
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### Author:  [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/8 "2025-07-10T17:24:00Z")
Haha well I guess that depends on the numbers really. I suppose it would be a good business investment 😛
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### Author:  [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/9 "2025-08-04T17:13:15Z")
> [@JoelZaslofsky](#):
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> it’s super awkward to fill them out when your cursor keeps scrolling to the right
I’ve been advising my users to type out their text in a new topic draft, then copy/paste into the custom field. But yeah it’s super clunky and rather unprofessional 😬
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/10 "2025-08-04T20:14:19Z")
Hello all,
We’ve heard you and the request does make sense.
This should be available with the latest update. ([PR](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34072))
Hope this works for everyone!
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### Author:  [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/11 "2025-08-04T20:22:12Z")
My literal heroes 🥲. This is going to unlock quite a lot with automations, [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) queries, etc.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/12 "2025-12-18T08:16:48Z")