# AskUserTextArea

> **Class** in `deepagents_code`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/deepagents-code/widgets/ask_user/AskUserTextArea)

Soft-wrapping text input for free-form ask-user questions.

Long answers wrap visually and the widget grows up to its CSS `max-height`.
Enter submits; Shift/Alt/Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+J insert a literal newline
for users who want to author multi-paragraph answers.

## Signature

```python
AskUserTextArea(
    self,
    **kwargs: Any = {},
)
```

## Extends

- `TextArea`

## Constructors

```python
__init__(
    self,
    **kwargs: Any = {},
) -> None
```


## Properties

- `BINDINGS`
- `show_line_numbers`
- `soft_wrap`

## Methods

- [`action_insert_newline()`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/deepagents-code/widgets/ask_user/AskUserTextArea/action_insert_newline)

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents/blob/d1c6946218b4f0f86ab7b02b6bb6af1e4b75cede/libs/code/deepagents_code/widgets/ask_user.py#L58)