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

## 

- The Plus Addons for Elementor lists the widget as Advanced Text Block and says it adds a text length limit and GSAP text animations to Elementor’s Text Editor-style text block.
- Text Block is part of the free plugin, and its Content, Text Animation, and Style settings work the same with Pro; Pro only adds sections like Plus Extras, Tooltip, Continuous Animation, and Display Condition.
- Description Limit shortens text to a set number of characters or words, with optional dots at the end, while Character counts include HTML code and bytes.
- Text Animation supports Basic or Global animations from Site Settings, and it can start on page load, on scroll to the text, or on pointer hover.

The Text Block widget shows formatted text, like Elementor's own Text Editor, and adds two things it lacks: a limit on the length of the text and GSAP text animations.

This overview walks through every setting of the **Text Block** widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor (on our website it is listed as Advanced Text Block): the text, alignment, **Description Limit**, **Text Animation** and styling.

***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

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

## Before You Start

- **Edition:** **Free** — the Text Block widget and all its Content, Text Animation and Style settings are part of the free plugin and work the same with Pro.- **Widget to enable:** Text Block, switched on under **The Plus Addons > Widgets**.- **Required plugins:** Elementor and The Plus Addons for Elementor, both installed and activated.

## How to Activate the Text Block Widget

- In your WordPress dashboard, go to **The Plus Addons > Widgets**.- Search for **Text Block** and switch it on.

![The Plus Addons Widgets screen with the Text Block widget switched on](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/text-block-activate-1024x413.png)

## Content

- In the Elementor editor, search for **Text Block** and drag the widget onto the page.- Type or paste your text into **Content > Description**. The toolbar adds bold, italics, lists and links, and the field accepts Elementor dynamic tags.

![The Description field of the Text Block widget filled with product text, shown on the canvas](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-content.webp)

- Set **Alignment** to left, center, right or justify. Use the device icon next to the label to set a different alignment for tablet and mobile.

![Alignment set to center in the Text Block Content section, with the canvas text centred](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-alignment.webp)

The **Import Presets** button at the top of the section loads ready-made designs. This doc does not cover them.

## Description Limit

Switch on **Description Limit** to shorten the text to a set number of characters or words, with optional dots at the end. Every option is explained in [How to limit word or character count in the Text Block widget](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/limit-wordcount-text-widget-elementor/).

![Description Limit switched on with Limit on, Count and Display Dots below it](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-limit.webp)

## Text Animation

Open **Content > Text Animation** and switch on **Enable Animation**. You can pick a **Basic** animation and set it up in the widget, or a **Global** animation saved in Site Settings. The animation can start when the page loads, when the visitor scrolls to the text or when the pointer moves over it.

![Enable Animation switched on in the Text Animation section, with Animation, Animation Type and the other animation settings below](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-enable-animation.webp)

A Normal animation halfway through, fading the text in character by character:

![Text Block on the page during a Normal text animation, with the end of each paragraph still fading in](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-result-anim-normal-mid.webp)

All animation types and settings are explained in [How to add text animation in the Text Block widget](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-text-animation-in-the-text-block-widget/).

## Style

- **Text Style**: **Typography** and **Text Color** of the text. The colour is grey (#888) until you change it.- **Text Swap Style**: the colour and typography the text changes to. This section only appears when **Animation Type** is **Text Style Swap**.- **On Scroll View Animation**: the same settings as in other The Plus Addons widgets, described in [On Scroll View Animation](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/on-scroll-view-animation-in-elementor/).

![The Text Style section in the Style tab with Typography and Text Color, and a dark text colour on the canvas](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advtext-text-style.webp)

## Text Block Settings

| Setting | Where | Default |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| **Description** | Content > Content | Placeholder text (I am text block...) |
| **Alignment** | Content > Content, per device | Not set (the theme's alignment) |
| **Description Limit**, **Limit on**, **Count**, **Display Dots** | Content > Content | Off, Character, empty, on |
| **Enable Animation** | Content > Text Animation | Off |
| **Typography**, **Text Color** | Style > Text Style | Site text typography, #888 |

## Free and Pro

Everything in this doc is part of the free plugin and works the same with Pro. With Pro active, the **Advanced** tab also shows Pro sections such as **Plus Extras**, **Tooltip**, **Continuous Animation** and **Display Condition**. Without Pro, a **Pro Features** box appears in the Content tab instead.

## How It Behaves

- Alignment switches at Elementor's default breakpoints: the tablet value applies from 1024 px down, the mobile value from 767 px down. A device without its own value uses the next larger device's value.- Bold text, italics and links in the Description are kept on the page.- The animation scripts are only loaded on pages where **Enable Animation** is on.

## Limitations

- **Description Limit** with **Character** counts HTML code and bytes, so the visible text can be shorter than the Count and accented letters can break.- The **Typing Effect** and **Scramble Text** animations remove bold text, italics and links from the text.- Animations that split the text into **Characters** can break words across two lines.- Text set to animate **On Scroll** stays invisible when the widget sits so low on the page that it never scrolls up to about 70% of the screen height.

## Troubleshooting

### The Text Block widget is missing from the panel

Switch it on under **The Plus Addons > Widgets**, then reload the editor.

### The text is light grey

That is the default **Text Color** (#888). Change it in **Style > Text Style**.

### The alignment is different on phones

Click the device icon next to **Alignment** and set a value for tablet and mobile.

## Related Docs

- [Limit word or character count in the Text Block widget](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/limit-wordcount-text-widget-elementor/)- [Add text animation in the Text Block widget](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-text-animation-in-the-text-block-widget/)- [Add dynamic content in Elementor](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-dynamic-content-in-elementor/)- [Add text animation in the Heading Title widget](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-text-animation-in-the-heading-title-widget/)