# Which buttons are available for textarea? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** v2\ **Created:** [July 11, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664 "2016-07-11T12:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![philipp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/philipp/32/4572_2.png) [@philipp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/philipp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/1 "2016-07-11T12:41:49Z")
Hey everyone, which buttons area available in a text-area? - bold - italic - e-mail - link are working.i figured since **tel** is a **kirby tag** it would also be available as a button, but it seems it isn’t. Can someone confirm this? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/2 "2016-07-11T12:42:55Z")
Yes, that’s correct, the tel tag is not available as button. ---
**Author:** ![Thiousi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thiousi/32/13656_2.png) [@Thiousi](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Thiousi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/3 "2016-07-11T12:43:40Z")
It might be worth adding the four available buttons to the docs at: [https://getkirby.com/docs/cheatsheet/panel-fields/textarea#customizing-buttons](https://getkirby.com/docs/cheatsheet/panel-fields/textarea#customizing-buttons) Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![philipp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/philipp/32/4572_2.png) [@philipp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/philipp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/4 "2016-07-11T12:44:49Z")
bummer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/5 "2016-07-11T12:47:07Z")
As far as I know, none of the [existing alternatives to the textarea field](https://github.com/jenstornell/kirby-plugins/issues/252) have that button, but you could take them as examples for creating your own custom textarea field with additional buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Thiousi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thiousi/32/13656_2.png) [@Thiousi](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Thiousi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/6 "2016-07-11T12:47:58Z")
Try to extend the Kirby Enhanced textarea for instance. The way the buttons are defined is really easy to extend: [https://github.com/medienbaecker/kirby-enhanced-textarea/blob/master/textarea/buttons.php](https://github.com/medienbaecker/kirby-enhanced-textarea/blob/master/textarea/buttons.php) ---
**Author:** ![philipp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/philipp/32/4572_2.png) [@philipp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/philipp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/7 "2016-07-11T12:50:19Z")
thanks for the starting point 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Svnt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/svnt/32/620_2.png) [@Svnt](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Svnt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/8 "2017-07-14T12:33:21Z")
> [@philipp](#): > > which buttons area available in a text-area? > > bold > italic > e-mail > link Hm, email and link buttons seems not to work for a textarea in a structure. (V2.5.2) ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/9 "2017-07-14T12:36:55Z")
That is correct, because email and link open a modal, so that would result in modal-craziness. ---
**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/which-buttons-are-available-for-textarea/4664/10 "2025-02-06T17:35:16Z")
Archived on February 6, 2025, 5:35pm UTC