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title: "Advanced Text Block Elementor Widget Settings Overview"
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# Advanced Text Block Elementor Widget Settings Overview

## Key Takeaways

- The Plus Addons for Elementor offers the Advanced Text Block widget, providing advanced options not available in Elementor's basic text editor.
- The Advanced Text Block widget allows users to limit description text by a specific number of characters or words.
- Users can add animation to the text block by enabling the Enable Animation toggle in the widget settings.

The Elementor page builder is one of the most popular WordPress page builders on the market. It's an extremely powerful visual builder that allows you to create complex web designs without writing any code. One of the features that make Elementor so powerful is its text widget. The text widget allows you to add text and other HTML elements to any page or post in Elementor.

While the Elementor’s text editor widget is great but if you want to go beyond its basic options you can try the Advanced Text Block widget of The Plus Addons for Elementor. With this free widget, you’ll get some advanced options that you won’t with the basic text editor widget of Elementor.

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/advanced-text-block/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

## Required Setup

- [Elementor FREE Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) installed & activated.

- You need to have [The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/) installed and activated.

- Make sure the Advanced Text Block widget is activated, to verify this visit The Plus Addons → Widgets → and Search for Text Block and activate.

## How to Activate the Advanced Text Block Widget?

Go to 

- **The Plus Addons **→** Widgets **

- **Search **the widget name** **and** turn on the toggle.**

![](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/text-block-activate-1024x413.png)

## Key features

- **Description limit** - You can easily limit the description text by a number of characters or words. [Learn more about the process](/docs/limit-wordcount-text-widget-elementor/).

- **Add ellipsis** - You can add an ellipsis text effect at the end of your text even for multiline text.

## How to Add Content in the Text Block?

Adding content in the Text Block is very simple, search for the text block in the Elementor widget panel and drag and drop the widget to the page.

Once you add the widget on the page.

### Content

> *Note: By clicking on the **Import Presets** button, you can import a ready-made design and customize it as per your requirements.*

You can use the text editor under the **Content** tab, to type your text easily.

![](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/text-block-content.png)

With this rich text editor, you can format your text properly. 

Then from the **Alignment** option, you can align your text for different devices.

From the **Description Limit** option, you can set a limit to your description text by a number of words or characters, learn more about it.

### Text Animation

By enabling the **Enable Animation** toggle, you can [add animation to the text block](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-text-animation-in-the-text-block-widget/).

![](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/text-block-text-animation.png)

## How to Style the Text Block in Elementor?

To style the Text Block you’ll find all the options in the Style tab, from here you can manage the text colour and its typography.

**On Scroll View Animation** -  This is our global extension available for all our widget, this adds scrolling animation as the widget comes in viewport.

[Learn more about On Scroll View Animation](https://theplusaddons.com/docs//on-scroll-view-animation/)

Advanced options remain common for all our widget, you can explore all it options from here.

[View Advanced tab tutorial.](https://docs.posimyth.com/tpae/advanced-tab/)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Why isn't the Advanced Text Block widget showing up in Elementor?**
A: If the Advanced Text Block widget isn't appearing, ensure that both the Elementor FREE Plugin and The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin are installed and activated. Additionally, check that the widget is activated by navigating to The Plus Addons u2192 Widgets and searching for the Text Block to toggle it on.

**Q: How can I limit the text length in the Advanced Text Block?**
A: The Advanced Text Block widget allows you to set a character or word limit for your text. This is useful for keeping your content concise and visually appealing. You can find this option under the Description Limit setting, which helps manage how much text is displayed, preventing overflow or clutter.

**Q: How do I import a preset design for the Advanced Text Block?**
A: To import a preset design for the Advanced Text Block, simply click on the Import Presets button after adding the widget to your page. This feature allows you to quickly apply a ready-made design, which you can then customize according to your needs, saving you time in the design process.