static-cms/website/content/docs/widget-string.mdx

---
group: Widgets
title: String
weight: 24
---

- **Name:** `string`
- **UI:** Text input
- **Data type:** `string`

The string widget translates a basic text input to a string value. For larger textarea inputs, use the text widget.

## Widget options

For common options, see [Common widget options](/docs/widgets#common-widget-options).

| Name    | Type   | Default | Description                                                   |
| ------- | ------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| default | string | `''`    | _Optional_. The default value for the field. Accepts a string |

## Example

<CodeTabs>
```yaml
name: title
label: Title
widget: string
```

```js
name: 'title',
label: 'Title',
widget: 'string',
```

</CodeTabs>