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?

This is implemented now, see also [image] Is it possible to have a multi-line/longer text field in the signup form? Feature Hello all, We’ve heard you and the request does make sense. This should be available with the latest update. ( PR ) Hope this works for…

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.

Multiline custom user field text box

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chapoi August 4, 2025, 8:15pm 4

This is implemented now, see also

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Multiline custom user field text box

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