# Forms: several fields of type Text in the form

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 6, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731 "2024-10-06T17:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![matze202](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/matze202/32/12591_2.png) [@matze202](https://forum.mautic.org/u/matze202)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731/1 "2024-10-06T17:52:18Z")

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**Your software**  
My Mautic version is: **5.1.1**  
My PHP version is: **8.2.20-nmm1**  
My Database type and version is: **MariaDB 10.6.18**

**Your problem**  
My problem is: Fresh Mautic installation only allows inserting form fields of type Text.

These errors are showing in the log: no

Steps I have tried to fix the problem:  
I’m new to Mautic, so I don’t know where to start.

In the following video at minute 7:00 I saw that you can apparently add multiple form fields with the type text in the form field.

I actually did everything relevant as in the video.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/5/51aeafcb6ffa25a24ce10bcceaa63dd7641d0cba.jpeg "Wie du Simple Newsletter Formulare mit Mautic machst. Perfekt für WordPress, Landingpages & Co.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpaWgHgQRoo&t=420s)

The Firstname field is a form field of type Text, but if I want to enter a second form field with the type Text, unfortunately there is no longer one (see second image).

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**Author:** ![matze202](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/matze202/32/12591_2.png) [@matze202](https://forum.mautic.org/u/matze202)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731/2 "2024-10-07T09:54:25Z")

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I meant the normal “ **Text** ” input field, because it only offered me “ **Text: Paragraph** ” and “ **Text: Short Answer** ”.

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731/3 "2024-10-08T05:10:00Z")

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Hi!  
Mautic design hasn’t changed too much between 2014 and 2023, but with the arrival of Mautic 5 there are fundamental changes. This video is from 2020, showing a Mautic 3 probably, where the wording in forms used to be different.

In M1-4 we used the expression TEXT for a SHORT ANSWER in M5, limiting your imput to 192 characters.  
In M1-4 we used the expression TEXT AREA for a TEXT PARAGRAPH in M5, giving you the chance to enter longer text (like in a contact form.)

But they are essentially the same. Just the wording has changed.

Joey

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**Author:** ![matze202](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/matze202/32/12591_2.png) [@matze202](https://forum.mautic.org/u/matze202)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/forms-several-fields-of-type-text-in-the-form/33731/4 "2024-10-08T09:07:15Z")

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Hi @joeyk ,

I was surprised that when I created a form field “Text” without any specification was offered for the first text field and that this was no longer available for further fields.

Regards, Matze