# Multi Line Editable Text Box, stuck to one line 4.5

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938>\
**Category:** UI\
**Tags:** textbox, unreal-engine, Widget, question, UMG\
**Created:** [October 22, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938 "2014-10-22T17:48:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ProfQuest2\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ProfQuest2\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ProfQuest2_1)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/1 "2014-10-22T17:48:56Z")

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Want to display a paragraph of information to users. Created a Multi-Line Editable Text Box and pasted in the text field but it still constrains to one really long line.

Looking through all the options I don’t see how MultiLineEditableTextBox is any different from just EditableTextBox.

Am I missing something or is the tool just not finished?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2b03d27c)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/2 "2014-10-22T18:33:43Z")

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Hey ProfQuest2-

Is this something you’re seeing when entering text into the text box through the editor or when you use the text box ingame (more like chat window).

Cheers

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**Author:** ![Galbaxx](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Galbaxx](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Galbaxx)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/3 "2014-10-23T09:04:27Z")

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Hey,

I have a similar problem. I want to “Set Text” in the Text box with a Text (chat System) but I have not found the possibility to make a new line.

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**Author:** ![ProfQuest2\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ProfQuest2\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ProfQuest2_1)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/4 "2014-10-24T15:22:14Z")

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Via the editor. Was hoping there would be an Auto Wrap-Text check box like in the TextBlock tool.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2b03d27c)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/5 "2014-10-24T19:18:54Z")

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Hey guys-

I have confirmed that the multi line editable text box does not wrap text to a new line both in editor and have submitted this bug to our internal tracking system (UE-4632) for further investigation.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_fbe5155f](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_fbe5155f](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_fbe5155f)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/6 "2015-03-25T03:42:49Z")

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Any update on this? I too need multiline text block to be able to handle \n or \r\n

Update: found a workaround here

> **[Blueprint: DrawText, Append, newline(\\n)](https://forums.unrealengine.com/questions/78437/blueprint-drawtext-append-string.html)**
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> Regarding this: I’m not sure if newlines previously worked or whether he is referring to C++ and not Blueprint. Is it (will it be) possible to append a newline to a string for multi-line textual display using DrawText? Adding \\n or even \< b r...

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_b4a43e94](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_b4a43e94](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_b4a43e94)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-line-editable-text-box-stuck-to-one-line-4-5/296938/7 "2015-08-13T09:33:42Z")

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How to get which editable text box is selected if more ther is more than [one](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/279917/how-to-get-which-editable-text-box-is-selected.html)