diff --git a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.html b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.html
index bacd0481a8..fa79a7d1a6 100644
--- a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.html
+++ b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
                 *ngSwitchCase="'ReadTextValueAsString'"
                 [mode]="mode"
                 [guiElement]="textValueGuiEle"
+                [textArea]="textArea"
             ></app-text-value-as-string>
             <app-text-value-as-html
                 #createVal
diff --git a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.ts b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.ts
index 61d1297d42..9bed1b2b9c 100644
--- a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.ts
+++ b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/operations/add-value/add-value.component.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export class AddValueComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     // gui element in case of textValue
     textValueGuiEle: 'simpleText' | 'textArea' | 'richText';
 
+    textArea = false;
+
     ontoIri: string;
 
     constructor(
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ export class AddValueComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
                 this.textValueGuiEle = this._valueService.getTextValueGuiEle(
                     this.resourcePropertyDefinition.guiElement
                 );
+
+                if (this.textValueGuiEle === 'textArea') {
+                    this.textArea = true;
+                }
             }
         }
     }