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url: /tui.zig/guide/widgets/text-area.md
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# TextArea Widget

Multi-line text editing widget.

## Import

```zig
const tui = @import("tui");
const TextArea = tui.TextArea;
```

## Usage

```zig
var editor = TextArea.init(allocator);
editor.setText("Initial content\nLine 2");
```

## Features

* Multi-line editing
* Selection support (Shift+Arrows)
* Copy/Paste (Ctrl+C/V) - *Platform dependent hook required*
* Line numbers (optional)
* Word wrap (optional)

## Configuration

```zig
editor.withLineNumbers()
      .withWordWrap();
```