Textarea field

A Textarea takes several lines, usually the message itself.

<label>Your message *
  [[your_message]]
</label>

Settings

Setting	What it does
Rows	How tall the box is, in lines of text. Visitors can still write more. 6 by default.
Placeholder, Default value, Fill from	As in the Text field.
Min length, Max length	The fewest and the most characters. Empty: no limit.
Autocomplete	A hint for the browser.
Required	Visitors must fill it in to send the form.

In the mail

[your_message] prints the text with its line breaks.

Show the characters left

Give the Textarea a Max length, such as 500. Then add a Count from More, set Count of to the Textarea and Format to {left} characters left. See Count field.