.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt .. _columns-text: ================ Text areas & RTE ================ .. versionadded:: 13.0 When using the `text` type, TYPO3 takes care of :ref:`generating the according database field `. A developer does not need to define this field in an extension's :file:`ext_tables.sql` file. The :ref:`according database fields ` for all render types are generated automatically. .. contents:: Table of contents: .. toctree:: :hidden: Default/Index RichTextEditor BeLayoutWizard/Index T3Editor/Index TextTable/Index .. _columns-text-introduction: Introduction ============ The `text` type is for multi-line text input, in the database :file:`ext_tables.sql` files it is typically set to a :sql:`TEXT` column type. In the backend, it is rendered in various shapes: It can be rendered as a simple :html:`