EasyAnimate_TextBox

EasyAnimate_TextBox is a prompt box. That's the whole node. One multiline text input, one string output. It exists for one reason: the EasyAnimate samplers don't take a raw STRING for their prompt - they expect a STRING_PROMPT type, which is the pack's own data type that connects these text boxes to its samplers and prevents you from wiring the wrong text node into the prompt slot.

You'll see two nearly identical nodes in the pack: EasyAnimate_TextBox and TextBox. Both are multiline prompt → STRING_PROMPT. EasyAnimate_TextBox is the one the original workflows use and the safer pick, partly because TextBox is such a generic name that you're inviting a name collision with a dozen other packs' nodes. (The two are code-identical in the source - it's pure naming redundancy.) If a downloaded EasyAnimate workflow shows a missing node, it's usually EasyAnimate_TextBox that needs this pack installed.

How to use it

Wire its prompt output into the prompt input of any EasyAnimate sampler - T2V, I2V, V2V, V5 or legacy, all of them take STRING_PROMPT. If the sampler doesn't have the type matched, nothing connects; that's the safety net doing its job.

EasyAnimate_TextBox (prompt) ──► EasyAnimateV5_T2VSampler (prompt)

Use the same node for the negative_prompt slot - wire a second one in with your negative text. EasyAnimate is bilingual (Chinese/English), and English prompts work fine.

The honest take

It's a widget, not a feature - don't overthink it. The one genuinely useful habit is keeping your prompts here rather than in a generic text node, because the STRING_PROMPT typing means a workflow shared with you will refuse to connect the wrong thing and quietly tell you what's missing. That's the entire value, and it's real value. If you're looking for prompt formatting, wildcard support, or anything clever, this isn't the node - it's deliberately dumb, and that's fine.