# Input user text stands in the middle of the textbox vertically **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [March 23, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711 "2022-03-23T16:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/1 "2022-03-23T16:53:26Z")
hi I use a textbox that I enlarged with the blocks and of which I set the number of lines to 5 when I launch the application and I enter text (the text is in the middle of the text box vertically on the phone) and not in web mode when it should be at the beginning of the text box ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/2 "2022-03-23T17:38:31Z")
Please provide more details including screenshots and if possible, a link to the project. From the [instructions](https://community.thunkable.com/c/thunkable/49) for this forum category: > When asking a question, please include as much information as possible e.g. device type, components used, screenshots, etc so that we can help each other out! ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/3 "2022-03-24T14:34:15Z")
this is what i get on my device ![Screenshot_2022-03-24-15-26-45-70_2bbfbfee96a5dfce998f962ebb8b5da3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/a/5a5d6921e5884fadf4529ca625e0bc26623fe31d.jpeg) furthermore i set the column to scrollable and guess what happens? well the content does not scroll if someone can explain me what’s going on here is the link (and i simplified the layout…) [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/8c401889da3cbbe8313e3719748049a6](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/8c401889da3cbbe8313e3719748049a6) ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/4 "2022-03-24T15:03:39Z")
You need to enable multi line text for your input. Check out the elements settings in the design screen. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/5 "2022-03-24T15:26:10Z")
hi I had done it I put 6 as number of lines ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/6 "2022-03-24T16:26:21Z")
Please share a screenshot of your component settings. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/7 "2022-03-27T19:39:18Z")
hi here is a screen shot : ![Capture d’écran 2022-03-27 à 21.37.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/c/9cfaf7194ceb65c2a418ded3c1684861695bf3ac.png) ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/8 "2022-03-27T19:52:02Z")
Can you share a minimal reproducible example of this issue? I can look into it further for you if you can do this for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/9 "2022-03-27T20:02:58Z")
hi on preview on pc it’s well -sometimes- but on device (android) it’s wrong [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/24999dc539cfb074df00e09ba67a16e3](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/24999dc539cfb074df00e09ba67a16e3) at the same time I do not understand what is the point of indicating the number of lines since I can type beyond … 😒 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/input-user-text-stands-in-the-middle-of-the-textbox-vertically/1798711/10 "2022-06-25T20:03:38Z")
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