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# 15 Plain text

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#### Overview

In the plain text widget, you can display the latest item data in plain
text.

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#### Configuration

To configure, select *Plain text* as type:

![](../../../../../../assets/en/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/dashboards/widgets/plain_text.png)

In addition to the parameters that are [common](/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/dashboards/widgets#common-parameters) 
for all widgets, you may set the following specific options:

|   |   |
|--|--------|
|*Items*|Select the items.|
|*Items location*|Choose the location of selected items to be displayed in the widget.|
|*Show lines*|Set how many latest data lines will be displayed in the widget.|
|*Show text as HTML*|Set to display text as HTML.|
|*[Enable host selection](/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/dashboards#dynamic_widgets)*|Set to display different data depending on the selected host.|

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