Meux Text Area

Let's not overstate this: MeuxTextAreaInput is a multi-line text input that outputs the text you typed. One input, one output, zero processing. If that sounds like it barely qualifies as a node, you're right - and it's still genuinely useful, because ComfyUI's own text handling is more awkward than it should be. Nodes that expect prompt text often need it wired in as an input rather than typed on the node, and a dedicated multiline editor with a predictable STRING output is the cleanest way to hand long prompts around a graph.

What it is

It's the pack's answer to a plain prompt box: a single text field rendered as a proper multi-line textarea (multiline is on by default), with a placeholder in Chinese ("在这里输入多行文本") and one STRING output. That's the entire feature set. There's no token counting, no styling, no wildcard support, no magic.

When you'd actually use it

The main reason to reach for this over a built-in String node: it's a stable, named node you can point at. If you're building a workflow where a prompt gets composed in one place and consumed by several nodes - or you're wiring text into a force-input node like the pack's own MeuxSimpleLLMNode (its user_prompt and system_prompt both require text to be connected in) - having one multiline box that every consumer reads from keeps the graph readable. You change the prompt once instead of hunting through six scattered text fields.

The realistic alternative is ComfyUI's stock String/CLIPTextEncode input or any of a dozen text-utility packs with fancier features. If you already have a text node you like, nothing here will tempt you away. If you're installing this pack anyway for MeuxImageLoader or the mask nodes and you want a long-prompt box without adding another dependency, this one's free in the same install.

Inputs and outputs

• text (STRING, multiline) in
• text (STRING) out

Nothing optional, nothing hidden. Type, connect, done.

Installing it

Same as every node in this pack:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/fchangjun/Baidu_Meux_ComfyTools.git
cd Baidu_Meux_ComfyTools
pip install -r requirements.txt

Restart ComfyUI, or use ComfyUI Manager and search "Baidu Meux ComfyTools".

The honest caveat

Installing this pack to get a text box is like buying a full toolbox because you needed a screwdriver - the shared requirements.txt drags in transformers, torchvision, realesrgan and scipy, none of which a pass-through text node needs. That's the classic custom-node no-isolation problem, and it's the main real cost of using this node. If you're already running the pack for its other tools, this is a nice-to-have on the menu; if the pack is new to you and a text box is all you wanted, a stock String node or a single lightweight text-utility pack is the more sensible install.