diff --git a/include/xsdformprinter/types.php b/include/xsdformprinter/types.php
index 86eca8f48..d1e32b1bd 100644
--- a/include/xsdformprinter/types.php
+++ b/include/xsdformprinter/types.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-$this->types['string']='<input type="text" name="%s" id="%s" onchange="%s" value="%s"/>';
+$this->types['string']='<input type="text" name="%s" id="%s" onchange="%s" size="80" value="%s"/>';
 $this->types['date']='<input type="text" name="%s" id="%s" onchange="%s" size="10" value="%s"/>';
 $this->types['boolean']='<input type="checkbox" name="%s" id="%s" onchange="%s" checked="$s"/>';
 $this->types['file']='<input type="file" name="%s" id="%s" onchange="%s" value="%s"/>';