# Basic UI: How to display long text

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017>\
**Category:** Items & Sitemaps\
**Tags:** openhab2\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017 "2020-02-03T13:00:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GeorgJ](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/georgj/32/44450_2.png) [@GeorgJ](https://community.openhab.org/u/GeorgJ)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017/1 "2020-02-03T13:00:02Z")

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Hi,  
I am using a string item for the description of calendar entries. How can I display the text (80 signs wide and 10 to 20 lines) in Basic UI.  
Thanks for any hint  
Georg

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**Author:** ![namraccr](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/namraccr/32/36484_2.png) [@namraccr](https://community.openhab.org/u/namraccr)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017/2 "2020-02-04T00:06:44Z")

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Basic UI doesn’t have a way to display large blocks of text, AFAIK.

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**Author:** ![rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rossko57/32/70263_2.png) [@rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/u/rossko57)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017/3 "2020-02-04T02:35:53Z")

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There is a “cheat” method outlined here - create a text file and display it as webview in sitemap

> [@\[SOLVED\] Display log files in UI](https://community.openhab.org/t/solved-display-log-files-in-ui/9168):
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**Author:** ![GeorgJ](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/georgj/32/44450_2.png) [@GeorgJ](https://community.openhab.org/u/GeorgJ)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017/4 "2020-02-19T16:12:30Z")

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wrong post

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**Author:** ![rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rossko57/32/70263_2.png) [@rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/u/rossko57)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/basic-ui-how-to-display-long-text/92017/5 "2020-02-19T21:34:34Z")

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What does that mean?