# Multiline custom user field text box
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** user-custom-fields
**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793 "2025-07-03T15:25:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793/1 "2025-07-03T15:25:33Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793/2 "2025-08-04T14:22:49Z")
Seems like you have also found the feature topic, so I’m closing this one. There is unfortunately no way to make a normal input behave like a textarea.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793/3 "2025-08-04T14:22:53Z")
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiline-custom-user-field-text-box/372793/4 "2025-08-04T20:15:35Z")
This is implemented now, see also
> [@Is it possible to have a multi-line/longer text field in the signup form?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/10):
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> 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!