Placing a Text area field on your app form creates an input field for entering multiple lines of text. The text entered in a Text area field cannot be formatted.

You can also enlarge the input field horizontally and/or vertically by clicking the lower right corner of the field and dragging it with your mouse.

Specify the field name. The field name is displayed as the label of the field in the app.

Selecting the Hide field name checkbox hides the field name on the following screens.

• The New record screen
• The Edit record screen
• The Record details screen
• The screen for printing a record
• The Form settings screen

Selecting the Required field checkbox makes entering a field value mandatory.

If you want to set a default value for the field, you can set it here.

The character string used for specifying the field in APIs.

Because Text area fields let you enter text with line breaks, they are useful for entering a large amount of information.
For example, you can use a Text area field for logging meeting minutes in an app for managing sales division interactions.