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title: Text Area
description: "Following the Data Type settings for a table column, change the data type to \"Text Area\" to add text descriptions in the column. Or, you can decide the data type right from the start when you add a column to…"
url: "https://ninjatables.com/docs/text-area/"
updated: "2023-08-31"
category: Advanced Mode (Classic Table Builder) / Column Data Types
---

# Text Area

Following the Data Type settings for a table column, change the data type to "Text Area" to add text descriptions in the column.

Or, you can decide the data type right from the start when you add a column to the table. From your dashboard, go to the Ninja Tables plugin → Tables (the table where you want to add Column) → Add Column.

- A pop-up form will appear, and you will see the available **Data Type** options here. You can choose from the various data types listed in the below screenshot.

![table column data types](https://ninjatables.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/data-types-1024x612.png)

Text Area data type allows you to add multiple lines in a cell. There’s no limit to adding the number of lines in a Text Area.

- Go to the **Data Type** option and select the **Text Area **type of the column.

- Now a new column with data type has been added to the table.

![text area in Ninja Tables](https://ninjatables.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/text-area-3.png)

- Text Area also supports HTML. You can follow the same path in "[Single Line Text Field](https://ninjatables.com/docs/single-line-text-field/)" to see how adding HTML in the Text Area works.

## Text Area in Ninja Tables

Update the column with a text area and go to the **Preview** of the table. You can add as much text as you want.

Here's an example.

![Text-Area](https://ninjatables.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Text-Area.png)

This function works best for product tables where the seller needs to add a detail of the product.

This is how you can add a **Text** **Area** data type in your column easily.