diff --git a/application/libraries/WidgetLib.php b/application/libraries/WidgetLib.php
index 5577db08c..15c90cfbd 100644
--- a/application/libraries/WidgetLib.php
+++ b/application/libraries/WidgetLib.php
@@ -875,6 +875,9 @@ class DropdownWidget extends Widget
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * 
+ */
 class DropdownWidgetUDF extends DropdownWidget
 {
 	/**
@@ -907,6 +910,50 @@ class DropdownWidgetUDF extends DropdownWidget
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * It exends the Widget class to represent an HTML textarea
+ */
+class TextareaWidget extends Widget
+{
+	const TEXT = 'text'; // 
+	const ROWS = 'rows'; // 
+	const COLS = 'cols'; // 
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	protected function setText($text)
+	{
+		$this->_args[DropdownWidget::TEXT] = $text;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	protected function loadTextareaView()
+	{
+		$this->view('widgets/textarea', $this->_args);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+class TextareaWidgetUDF extends TextareaWidget
+{
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public function render($parameters)
+	{
+		$this->setText($parameters);
+		
+		$this->loadTextareaView();
+		
+		echo $this->content();
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * 
  */
diff --git a/application/widgets/UDFWidget.php b/application/widgets/UDFWidget.php
index 4d9f926ed..a2686729a 100644
--- a/application/widgets/UDFWidget.php
+++ b/application/widgets/UDFWidget.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class UDFWidget extends UDFWidgetTpl
 		}
 		else if ($jsonSchema->type == 'textarea')
 		{
-			
+			$this->_renderTextarea($jsonSchema);
 		}
 		else if ($jsonSchema->type == 'date')
 		{
@@ -156,15 +156,15 @@ class UDFWidget extends UDFWidgetTpl
 	{
 		$dropdownWidgetUDF = new DropdownWidgetUDF($this->_name, $this->_args);
 			
-		$paramters = array();
+		$parameters = array();
 		
 		if (isset($jsonSchema->listValues->enum))
 		{
-			$paramters = $jsonSchema->listValues->enum;
+			$parameters = $jsonSchema->listValues->enum;
 		}
 		else if (isset($jsonSchema->listValues->sql))
 		{
-			$paramters = $jsonSchema->listValues->sql;
+			$parameters = $jsonSchema->listValues->sql;
 		}
 		
 		if ($multiple)
@@ -172,7 +172,23 @@ class UDFWidget extends UDFWidgetTpl
 			$dropdownWidgetUDF->setMultiple();
 		}
 		
-		$dropdownWidgetUDF->render($paramters);
+		$dropdownWidgetUDF->render($parameters);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+     * 
+     */
+	private function _renderTextarea($jsonSchema)
+	{
+		$textareaUDF = new TextareaUDF($this->_name, $this->_args);
+			
+		$text = '';
+		if (isset($jsonSchema->defaultValue))
+		{
+			$text = $jsonSchema->defaultValue;
+		}
+		
+		$textareaUDF->render($text);
 	}
     
     /**