text box

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text box

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From text + box.

noun text boxes · textbox

A block of printed text contained within borders that is intended to be read separately from the major text of the page. The graphic design of secondary schoolbooks, which includes many text boxes, captions, labelled diagrams, thought bubbles, etc., introduced a certain level of noise into the scanning and OCR[.]
Similar: sidebar, sidebox
A rectangular widget that accepts textual input on an interactive electronic display.
Similar: input field

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noun box containing text

Français	encadré
Deutsch	Kasten, Textbox

noun widget that accepts textual input

Español	casilla
한국어	입력창 imnyeokchang
日本語	テキストボックス tekisuto bokkusu
中文	文本框 wénběn kuāng, 文字盒 wénzì hé, 文字域 wénzì yù
Português	caixa de texto
Français	zone de saisie, champ de saisie, case
Deutsch	Textfeld
Italiano	casella, riquadro
Ελληνικά	πλαίσιο κειμένου plaísio keiménou
Русский	те́кстовое по́ле tékstovoje póle
Tiếng Việt	khung chữ

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@misc{text_box_2026,
  title = {text box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/text%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}