diff --git a/src/FormModal.ts b/src/FormModal.ts
index 97e71066..d86ce8a2 100644
--- a/src/FormModal.ts
+++ b/src/FormModal.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, Modal, Setting } from "obsidian";
+import { App, Modal, Platform, Setting } from "obsidian";
 import MultiSelect from "./views/components/MultiSelect.svelte";
 import FormResult, { formDataFromFormOptions, type ModalFormData } from "./FormResult";
 import { exhaustiveGuard } from "./safety";
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ export class FormModal extends Modal {
             const type = fieldInput.type;
             const initialValue = this.formResult[definition.name];
             switch (type) {
+                case "textarea":
+                    fieldBase.setClass('modal-form-textarea')
+                    return fieldBase.addTextArea((textEl) => {
+                        textEl.onChange(value => {
+
+                            this.formResult[definition.name] = value;
+                        });
+                        textEl.inputEl.rows = 6;
+                        if (Platform.isIosApp)
+                            textEl.inputEl.style.width = "100%";
+                        else if (Platform.isDesktopApp) {
+                            textEl.inputEl.rows = 10;
+                        }
+                    })
                 case "text":
                     return fieldBase.addText((text) => {
                         initialValue !== undefined && text.setValue(String(initialValue));
diff --git a/src/core/formDefinition.ts b/src/core/formDefinition.ts
index 98294028..0371b49c 100644
--- a/src/core/formDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/core/formDefinition.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
  * Here are the types, validators, rules etc.
  */
 
-export type FieldType =
-    | "text"
-    | "number"
-    | "date"
-    | "time"
-    | "datetime"
-    | "toggle";
+const fieldTypeMap = {
+    text: "Text",
+    number: "Number",
+    date: "Date",
+    time: "Time",
+    datetime: "DateTime",
+    textarea: "Text area",
+    toggle: "Toggle"
+} as const;
+
+type FieldType = keyof typeof fieldTypeMap
 
 type selectFromNotes = { type: "select"; source: "notes", folder: string };
 type inputSlider = { type: "slider"; min: number, max: number };
@@ -33,12 +37,7 @@ type inputType =
     | inputSelectFixed;
 
 export const FieldTypeReadable: Record<AllFieldTypes, string> = {
-    "text": "Text",
-    "number": "Number",
-    "date": "Date",
-    "time": "Time",
-    "datetime": "DateTime",
-    "toggle": "Toggle",
+    ...fieldTypeMap,
     "note": "Note",
     "slider": "Slider",
     "select": "Select",
@@ -136,10 +135,10 @@ export type EditableFormDefinition = {
 };
 
 export function isValidBasicInput(input: unknown): input is basicInput {
-    if (!isObject(input)) {
+    if (!isObject(input) || typeof input.type !== "string") {
         return false;
     }
-    return ["text", "number", "date", "time", "datetime", "toggle"].includes(input.type as string);
+    return input.type in fieldTypeMap;
 }
 
 export function isMultiSelect(input: unknown): input is multiselect {
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ export function isInputTypeValid(input: unknown): input is inputType {
             return true;
         default:
             return false;
-
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/exampleModalDefinition.ts b/src/exampleModalDefinition.ts
index 07b2f9c1..a7917fbd 100644
--- a/src/exampleModalDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/exampleModalDefinition.ts
@@ -1,105 +1,111 @@
 import type { FormDefinition } from "./core/formDefinition";
 
 export const exampleModalDefinition: FormDefinition = {
-  title: "Example form",
-  name: "example-form",
-  fields: [
-    {
-      name: "Name",
-      description: "It is named how?",
-      input: { type: "text" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "age",
-      label: "Age",
-      description: "How old",
-      input: { type: "number" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "dateOfBirth",
-      label: "Date of Birth",
-      description: "When were you born?",
-      input: { type: "date" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "timeOfDay",
-      label: "Time of day",
-      description: "The time you can do this",
-      input: { type: "time" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "is_family",
-      label: "Is family",
-      description: "If it is part of the family",
-      input: { type: "toggle" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "favorite_book",
-      label: "Favorite book",
-      description: "Pick one",
-      input: { type: "note", folder: "Books" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "multi_example",
-      label: "Multi select folder",
-      description: "Allows to pick many notes from a folder",
-      input: { type: "multiselect", source: "notes", folder: "Books" },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "multi_example_2",
-      label: "Multi select fixed",
-      description: "Allows to pick many notes from a fixed list",
-      input: { type: "multiselect", source: "fixed", options: ['Android', 'iOS', 'Windows', 'MacOS', 'Linux', 'Solaris', 'MS2'] },
-    },
-    {
-      name: "best_fried",
-      label: "Best friend",
-      description: "Pick one",
-      input: {
-        type: 'select',
-        source: 'notes',
-        folder: 'People'
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'dataview_example',
-      label: 'Dataview example',
-      description: 'Only people matching the dataview query will be shown',
-      input: {
-        type: 'dataview',
-        query: 'dv.pages("#person").filter(p => p.age < 30).map(p => p.file.name)'
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      name: "friendship_level",
-      label: "Friendship level",
-      description: "How good friends are you?",
-      input: {
-        type: 'slider',
-        min: 0,
-        max: 10
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      name: "favorite_meal",
-      label: "Favorite meal",
-      description: "Pick one option",
-      input: {
-        type: "select", source: "fixed", options: [
-          { value: "pizza", label: "🍕 Pizza" },
-          { value: "pasta", label: "🍝 Pasta" },
-          { value: "burger", label: "🍔 Burger" },
-          { value: "salad", label: "🥗 Salad" },
-          { value: "steak", label: "🥩 Steak" },
-          { value: "sushi", label: "🍣 Sushi" },
-          { value: "ramen", label: "🍜 Ramen" },
-          { value: "tacos", label: "🌮 Tacos" },
-          { value: "fish", label: "🐟 Fish" },
-          { value: "chicken", label: "🍗 Chicken" }
-        ]
-      },
-    },
-
-
-  ],
+    title: "Example form",
+    name: "example-form",
+    fields: [
+        {
+            name: "Name",
+            description: "It is named how?",
+            input: { type: "text" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "age",
+            label: "Age",
+            description: "How old",
+            input: { type: "number" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "dateOfBirth",
+            label: "Date of Birth",
+            description: "When were you born?",
+            input: { type: "date" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "timeOfDay",
+            label: "Time of day",
+            description: "The time you can do this",
+            input: { type: "time" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "is_family",
+            label: "Is family",
+            description: "If it is part of the family",
+            input: { type: "toggle" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "favorite_book",
+            label: "Favorite book",
+            description: "Pick one",
+            input: { type: "note", folder: "Books" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "multi_example",
+            label: "Multi select folder",
+            description: "Allows to pick many notes from a folder",
+            input: { type: "multiselect", source: "notes", folder: "Books" },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "multi_example_2",
+            label: "Multi select fixed",
+            description: "Allows to pick many notes from a fixed list",
+            input: { type: "multiselect", source: "fixed", options: ['Android', 'iOS', 'Windows', 'MacOS', 'Linux', 'Solaris', 'MS2'] },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "best_fried",
+            label: "Best friend",
+            description: "Pick one",
+            input: {
+                type: 'select',
+                source: 'notes',
+                folder: 'People'
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            name: 'dataview_example',
+            label: 'Dataview example',
+            description: 'Only people matching the dataview query will be shown',
+            input: {
+                type: 'dataview',
+                query: 'dv.pages("#person").filter(p => p.age < 30).map(p => p.file.name)'
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            name: "friendship_level",
+            label: "Friendship level",
+            description: "How good friends are you?",
+            input: {
+                type: 'slider',
+                min: 0,
+                max: 10
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            name: "favorite_meal",
+            label: "Favorite meal",
+            description: "Pick one option",
+            input: {
+                type: "select", source: "fixed", options: [
+                    { value: "pizza", label: "🍕 Pizza" },
+                    { value: "pasta", label: "🍝 Pasta" },
+                    { value: "burger", label: "🍔 Burger" },
+                    { value: "salad", label: "🥗 Salad" },
+                    { value: "steak", label: "🥩 Steak" },
+                    { value: "sushi", label: "🍣 Sushi" },
+                    { value: "ramen", label: "🍜 Ramen" },
+                    { value: "tacos", label: "🌮 Tacos" },
+                    { value: "fish", label: "🐟 Fish" },
+                    { value: "chicken", label: "🍗 Chicken" }
+                ]
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            name: "some notes",
+            label: "Multi line notes",
+            description: "Put your thouhts here",
+            input: {
+                type: "textarea",
+            }
+        }
+    ],
 };
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index fd9e0739..c64171a6 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -7,37 +7,57 @@ If your plugin does not need CSS, delete this file.
 
 */
 
+:root {
+    --mf-spacing: 0.75rem;
+}
+
 /* Utilities to remove styles from native obsidian elements when wrapped like this
 <div class='utility'>
 	<div>...</div>
 </div>
 */
 .remove-border div:first-of-type {
-	border: none;
+    border: none;
 }
 .remove-padding div:first-of-type {
-	padding: 0;
+    padding: 0;
 }
 
 .fix-suggest .setting-item-info {
-	display: none;
+    display: none;
 }
 
 .modal-form-danger {
-	color: var(--text-error);
+    color: var(--text-error);
 }
 
 .modal-form-primary {
-	color: var(--text-accent);
+    color: var(--text-accent);
 }
 
 .modal-form-hint {
-	color: var(--text-muted);
+    color: var(--text-muted);
 }
 .modal-form {
-	--shadow-bottom: 0 0.8rem 0.8rem -0.8rem;
+    --shadow-bottom: 0 0.8rem 0.8rem -0.8rem;
 }
 /* .modal-form-hint code {
 	color: var(--text-normal);
 	background-color: var(--background-secondary);
 } */
+
+.modal-form-textarea {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    gap: var(--mf-spacing);
+}
+
+.modal-form-textarea .setting-item-control {
+    flex: 1;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+.modal-form-textarea .setting-item-control textarea {
+    width: 100%;
+}