Multi-line textfield

[TheWarHawk2005]

Hi, me again!

Is there any way to make an alert with a multi-line textfield? I’m looking for something like the old (pre iOS14) Shortcut “Ask for Input” action.

Thanks!

[sylumer]

You could just build your own with a web view. I did this with Scriptable back in 2018 as a workaround for working with large volumes of text in Shortcuts’ tiny text editing area. The only difference to that is that you can streamline it not to have to take in and pass back text from/to Shortcuts.

Editing large amounts of text in Shortcuts

Anyone struggle with editing larger chunks of text in Shortcuts? Perhaps this may be of interest? Background Over on the Drafts forum there was a tangential question recently about using Drafts as an editor for long text mid-Shortcuts custom shortcut. Unfortunately that didn’t quite fit with the functionality and purpose of the app. There’s certainly possibilities where a kludge could be applied to work around it, but it wasn’t ideal. I wondered if I could come up with an alternative and he…

[Ajay]

Could you give us a really simple example shortcut? Would be greatly appreciated

[sylumer]

That previous thread I linked to includes a relatively simple example shortcut.