# Text
**Text** controls are ideal for capturing any type of content - from short comments/notes to lengthy narratives.
**Data type**: `string`
### Adding a Text control
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand **Input Column** section\
4\. Click on **Add column**
5\. Select **Text** from the dropdown menu
6\. Add a **label** to be displayed as a column header
7\. Add a **field** name
{% hint style="danger" %}
If database is selected as data connection, then field name **must map** to destination table column name.
{% endhint %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
Field name cannot contain spaces.
{% endhint %}
8\. Click on **Done**
**Text** input column can now be updated and saved.
### Enabling multi-line text
By default, the Text control displays values in a single line. When multi-line is enabled, users have a larger area to compose their narrative text before saving.
To enable multi-line text, please follow these steps:
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand **Input Column** section and **Text** control\
4\. Locate the **Text format** property
5\. Click on **Multi-line** button
6\. Select an appropriate **Text input size** which will determine the textarea width
7\. Drag and drop the slider handle to set the desired number of text lines to display in the textarea
8\. Set the number of lines which should be visible on the table cell before overflowing content is clipped
### Adding multi-line text
To add multi-line text to your table, please follow these steps:
1\. Load your sheet with a **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
2\. Click on a **Text** control. A textarea will popup.
3\. Start typing your text and click on the **green tick** icon
{% hint style="success" %}
Text control is updated with new content
{% endhint %}
### Setting a max limit
If you wish to set a limit to the maximum amount of characters that can be typed, please follow these steps:
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand **Input Column** section and **Text** control\
4\. Locate the **Max length** property
5\. Change the max length to your desired limit
### Customizing column width
Input columns have a set width by default. If you wish to change the column width, please follow these steps:
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand **Input Column** section\
4\. Locate the **Column width** property
5\. Drag the slider to adjust the column width
4\. Alternatively, you can enter a specific value in the **Custom column width** field
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