Text Area

Text Area collects longer multi-line personalization, such as gift messages or production notes. It can update Live Preview, align text left, center, or right, use a custom shadow, link to font and color controls, and apply a price adjustment.

Overview

Text Area is similar to Text Input but accepts multiple lines of text. Use for longer messages, poems, dedications, or custom instructions.

Add a Text Area and position the preview text

Live Preview

Text Area supports Live Preview. When enabled, the entered text renders on the product image in real time. Configure font, size, color, and position in the preview layer settings. You can also connect the preview layer to Font Swatch or Color Swatch options so shoppers can style their message.

Turn Live Preview on or off for Text Area

Move the Text Area preview text

Resize the Text Area preview text

Rotate the Text Area preview text

Change Text Area preview text color

Link Text Area to a Color Swatch

Link Text Area to a Font Swatch

Align Text Area preview text and add a shadow

Select the Text Area preview layer to choose left, center, or right alignment. Use a preset text effect or configure a custom box shadow when the message needs a specific offset, blur, or shadow color.

The main text color and effect color can each use a custom color or a linked Color Swatch.

General Settings

• Label — The field label (e.g. "Your message")
• Required — Whether the field is mandatory
• Help Text — Guide text for customers
• Character Limit — Maximum number of characters the shopper can enter

Change Text Area label and placeholder

Make Text Area required or optional

Set a Text Area character limit

Turn on Allow Character Limit, then set Max character to the largest message your product and production process can support. Podifai prevents the shopper from entering more than that number of characters and shows the current count against the maximum on the field.

Option Values

Text Area does not have predefined option values — the customer types their own text. Additional settings:

• Placeholder Text — Example text shown in the field before typing
• Price adjustment — Fixed or percentage increase or decrease, or a linked variant price

Appearance

• Input Style — Border, outline, and corner radius of the text area
• Label Position — Above or beside the field
• Layout — Standard field or collapsible field for longer forms

Switch Text Area between standard and collapsible

Conditional Logic

Use Conditional Logic to show or hide this option based on another selection. For example, show the message field only after a gift wrap option is selected.