# Increasing size of text box itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Templates\ **Created:** [September 8, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911 "2020-09-08T22:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pgallagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/pgallagher/32/1576_2.png) [@pgallagher](https://community.silverfin.com/u/pgallagher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/1 "2020-09-08T22:20:12Z")
Hello, I was wondering if there was perhaps any update on the discussion previously from here: > [@Can I change the size of an input text](https://community.silverfin.com/t/can-i-change-the-size-of-an-input-text/1592/3): > > I thought as much, but figured it was worth a shot. Thanks for the reply @Kimberly_Vlietinck tl;dr Is there a way to increase the size of a text box itself? ![silverin_question_text_box_size_increase](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getsilverfin/original/2X/f/f9e83cc2fe78a8638635f2dc1febb22eb355fc4b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/wouter_bruynsteen/32/1196_2.png) [@Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://community.silverfin.com/u/Wouter_Bruynsteen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/2 "2020-09-11T09:24:28Z")
Hi This functionality hasn’t been changed so it’s not possible to add a custom height to a textarea, but the height will auto-expand for up to 8 lines of text. Kind regards Wouter ---
**Author:** ![pgallagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/pgallagher/32/1576_2.png) [@pgallagher](https://community.silverfin.com/u/pgallagher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/3 "2020-09-15T12:57:39Z")
Thank you for you reply Wouter. Do you know why the above picture I have didn’t automatically expand by any chance then? ---
**Author:** ![Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/wouter_bruynsteen/32/1196_2.png) [@Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://community.silverfin.com/u/Wouter_Bruynsteen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/4 "2020-09-15T13:14:02Z")
Right now the textbox resizes after you’ve confirmed the text by pressing enter, so it doesn’t resize while you’re typing. Once the text is confirmed & saved in the database then the height will resize for up to 8 lines. ---
**Author:** ![pgallagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/pgallagher/32/1576_2.png) [@pgallagher](https://community.silverfin.com/u/pgallagher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/5 "2020-09-15T13:21:12Z")
Hmm, it doesn’t seem to automatically resize for me. I have included another example below. That first text box I added a separate line below that can’t be seen that just says “Test”. And I count 4 lines in total, but only 1.5 lines seem to show. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getsilverfin/original/2X/7/7550a2c3f743067ce22d9f28cfa7439b50facecc.png) ---
**Author:** ![pgallagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/pgallagher/32/1576_2.png) [@pgallagher](https://community.silverfin.com/u/pgallagher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/6 "2020-09-15T13:23:02Z")
I have included my code below. Perhaps it is because it is in a table… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getsilverfin/original/2X/8/841e0799cd9d5611b5cf9134328ce05e989922d3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/wouter_bruynsteen/32/1196_2.png) [@Wouter\_Bruynsteen](https://community.silverfin.com/u/Wouter_Bruynsteen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/7 "2020-09-15T13:53:43Z")
Ah ok I see, it’s indeed because of the table layout here. The textareas added in a table that has the hashtag on the end (`|--------#`) don’t resize. Is it an option for you to use the standard table layout here? (`|--------+`). In these tables the textareas will auto-resize. I don’t quite remember the reason that the textareas don’t resize in this layout so I’ll ask for more information internally about this. ---
**Author:** ![pgallagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/pgallagher/32/1576_2.png) [@pgallagher](https://community.silverfin.com/u/pgallagher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/8 "2020-09-15T17:10:15Z")
Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![robindeclercq](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.silverfin.com/robindeclercq/32/472_2.png) [@robindeclercq](https://community.silverfin.com/u/robindeclercq)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.silverfin.com/t/increasing-size-of-text-box-itself/1911/9 "2020-09-16T13:59:31Z")
Hi @pgallagher, So we checked this with our design team and we understood that based on the way this hashtag table Is build, it will never be possible to allow auto resizing. However, the workaround suggested by Wouter would be a good alternative in this situation. We keep you posted in case anything should change in this respect in the future. Kind regards, Robin