diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index c5fccd164..5c561f543 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -3973,7 +3973,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	CInterfaceGroup *CGroupHTML::addTextArea(const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint /* rows */, uint cols, bool multiLine, const ucstring &content, uint maxlength)
+	CInterfaceGroup *CGroupHTML::addTextArea(const std::string &templateName, const char *name, uint rows, uint cols, bool multiLine, const ucstring &content, uint maxlength)
 	{
 		// In a paragraph ?
 		if (!_Paragraph)
@@ -3993,6 +3993,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("id", name));
 			templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("prompt", ""));
 			templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("multiline", multiLine?"true":"false"));
+			if (multiLine)
+				templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("multi_min_line", toString(rows)));
 			templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("want_return", multiLine?"true":"false"));
 			templateParams.push_back (std::pair<std::string,std::string> ("enter_recover_focus", "false"));
 			if (maxlength > 0)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
index 932b96549..67145ff4c 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/login_widgets.xml
@@ -117,11 +117,12 @@
  color="255 255 255 255"
  sizeref_eb="w"
  render_layer="0"
+ multi_min_line="0"
 >
 	<group id="#id" posref="#posref" x="#x" y="#y" posparent="#posparent" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" sizeref="#sizeref" w="#w" h="#h" render_layer="#render_layer">
 		<group type="edit_box" sizeref="#sizeref_eb" w="-16" id="eb" posref="TL TL" x="8" y="-8" child_resize_h="#child_resize_h" onenter="#onenter" params="#params" onchange="#onchange" onchange_params="#onchange_params" max_num_chars="#max_num_chars" prompt="#prompt" enter_loose_focus="#enter_loose_focus" enter_recover_focus="#enter_recover_focus" entry_type="#entry_type"  reset_focus_on_hide="#reset_focus_on_hide" menu_r="#menu_r" max_historic="#max_historic" want_return="#want_return" backup_father_container_pos="#backup_father_container_pos" render_layer="#render_layer">
 			<view type="bitmap" id="bg" scale="true" sizeref="hw" h="0" w="0" texture="log_eb_m.tga" inherit_gc_alpha="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
-			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
+			<view id="edit_text" type="text" x="#text_x" y="#text_y" posref="#text_ref" multi_line="#multi_line" multi_line_space="0" multi_min_line="#multi_min_line" fontsize="#fontsize" color="#color" shadow="true" hardtext="" global_color="false" render_layer="#render_layer"/>
 		</group>
 	
 		<!-- border around the list -->
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
index 5234846f1..075102c84 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/data/gamedev/interfaces_v3/widgets.xml
@@ -2793,6 +2793,7 @@
             text_ref="BL BL"
             child_resize_h="true"
             multi_line="true"
+            multi_min_line="0"
             x="0"
             y="0"
             w="0"
@@ -2872,6 +2873,7 @@
               posref="#text_ref"
               multi_line="#multi_line"
               multi_line_space="0"
+              multi_min_line="#multi_min_line"
               fontsize="#fontsize"
               color="#color"
               shadow="true"