diff --git a/etemplate/doc/referenz.html b/etemplate/doc/referenz.html
index 57401042e8..0b1f9a1674 100644
--- a/etemplate/doc/referenz.html
+++ b/etemplate/doc/referenz.html
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ implement only a subset of XUL. Here are the main differences:</p>
 	<td>
 		<b>a multiline input-field for formatted (HTML) text</b><br>
 		In the html-UI this is rendered as &lt;textarea ...> and the HTMLarea javascript editor is used.<p>
-		<b>Options</b> inline styles for the text/htmlarea.
+		<b>Options</b> has 2 comma-separated fields:<br>
+		xml: <b>style</b>: inline styles for the text/htmlarea<br>
+		xml: <b>plugins</b>: plugins (comma-separated) to load
 	</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
index 3d326a5b91..22865181be 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
@@ -646,10 +646,11 @@
 						);
 					}
 					break;
-				case 'htmlarea':	// Multiline formatted Text Input, size: [inline styles for the widget]
+				case 'htmlarea':	// Multiline formatted Text Input, size: [inline styles for the widget][,plugins (comma-sep.)]
 					if (!$readonly)
 					{
-						$html .= $this->html->htmlarea($form_name,$value,$cell_options);
+						list($styles,$plugins) = explode(',',$cell_options,2);
+						$html .= $this->html->htmlarea($form_name,$value,$styles,'',$plugins);
 						$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['etemplate']['to_process'][$form_name] =  array(
 							'type'      => $cell['type'],
 							'needed'    => $cell['needed'],
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.xul_io.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.xul_io.inc.php
index f5800b0170..2801c7d289 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.xul_io.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.xul_io.inc.php
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@
 				'button' => array(
 					'.name' => 'button',
 					'size'  => 'image,ro_image'
-				)
+				),
+				'htmlarea' => array(
+					'size' => 'style,plugins',
+				),
 			);
 			$this->xul2widget = array(
 				'menulist' => 'select',