# Sending user input in a UI Template as a msg.payload **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboard\ **Tags:** ui-widgets\ **Created:** [9 August 2022 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-user-input-in-a-ui-template-as-a-msg-payload/66241 "2022-08-09T16:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cleroux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@cleroux](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cleroux)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2022 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-user-input-in-a-ui-template-as-a-msg-payload/66241/1 "2022-08-09T16:27:05Z")
I am new to node-red and have been trying to use a UI template node to allow a user to enter multiline comments. I want to output the entered text as a string to msg.payload and this is the closest I have been able to get. ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2022 17:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-user-input-in-a-ui-template-as-a-msg-payload/66241/2 "2022-08-09T17:49:49Z")
everytime you use a ui-template or other dashboard ui nodes its basically an angular component (i think) .. so most of your code should be done through angularjs which is the front-end language the dashboard is using. ```auto ``` .. and you dont need **html** and **body** tags as those are already loaded in the main document .. your additional html and code will be injected in that _placeholder_ when you deploy and all variables and functions need to be added to the scope of that angular component .. complicated stuff 😉 .. but you can study the examples on the ui-templates help tab ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2022 17:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-user-input-in-a-ui-template-as-a-msg-payload/66241/3 "2022-08-23T17:50:35Z")
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