# 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")\
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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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