diff -r 73c8a3780c72 -r 641dcc79e0ef ui/winui/text.cpp
--- a/ui/winui/text.cpp	Sun Nov 10 09:12:30 2024 +0100
+++ b/ui/winui/text.cpp	Sun Nov 10 15:30:46 2024 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,93 @@
 using namespace winrt::Microsoft::UI::Xaml::Controls::Primitives;
 using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Input;
 
+
+UIEXPORT UIWIDGET ui_textarea_create(UiObject *obj, UiTextAreaArgs args) {
+    UiObject* current = uic_current_obj(obj);
+
+    // create textarea and toolkit wrapper
+    RichEditBox textarea = RichEditBox();
+    UIElement elm = textarea;
+    UiWidget* widget = new UiWidget(elm);
+    ui_context_add_widget_destructor(current->ctx, widget);
+
+    UiVar* var = uic_widget_var(obj->ctx, current->ctx, args.value, args.varname, UI_VAR_TEXT);
+    if (var) {
+        UiText* value = (UiText*)var->value;
+        value->obj = widget;
+        value->undomgr = NULL;
+        value->set = ui_textarea_set;
+        value->get = ui_textarea_get;
+        value->getsubstr = ui_textarea_getsubstr;
+        value->insert = ui_textarea_insert;
+        value->setposition = ui_textarea_setposition;
+        value->position = ui_textarea_position;
+        value->selection = ui_textarea_selection;
+        value->length = ui_textarea_length;
+        value->remove = ui_textarea_remove;
+    }
+
+    // add textarea to current container
+    UI_APPLY_LAYOUT1(current, args);
+
+    current->container->Add(textarea, true);
+
+    return widget;
+}
+
+UIEXPORT UIWIDGET ui_textarea_gettextwidget(UIWIDGET textarea) {
+    return textarea;
+}
+
+UIEXPORT void ui_text_undo(UiText *value) {
+
+}
+
+UIEXPORT void ui_text_redo(UiText *value) {
+
+}
+
+
+
+extern "C" char* ui_textarea_get(UiText *text) {
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+extern "C" void  ui_textarea_set(UiText *text, const char *newvalue) {
+
+}
+
+extern "C" char* ui_textarea_getsubstr(UiText *text, int begin, int end) {
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+extern "C" void  ui_textarea_insert(UiText *text, int pos, char *str) {
+
+}
+
+extern "C" void  ui_textarea_setposition(UiText *text, int pos) {
+
+}
+
+extern "C" int   ui_textarea_position(UiText *text) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" void  ui_textarea_selection(UiText *text, int *begin, int *end) {
+
+}
+
+extern "C" int   ui_textarea_length(UiText *text) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" void  ui_textarea_remove(UiText *text, int begin, int end) {
+
+}
+
+
+
+
 UIWIDGET ui_textfield_create(UiObject* obj, UiTextFieldArgs args) {
     UiObject* current = uic_current_obj(obj);
 
@@ -71,7 +158,7 @@
         // TODO:
     }
     
-    // add button to current container
+    // add textfield to current container
     UI_APPLY_LAYOUT1(current, args);
 
     current->container->Add(textfield, false);
@@ -103,7 +190,7 @@
         // TODO:
     }
 
-    // add button to current container
+    // add textfield to current container
     UI_APPLY_LAYOUT1(current, args);
 
     current->container->Add(textfield, false);