diff --git a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
index 405d371..2f56234 100644
--- a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
+++ b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
   def toValue(r: A): Validated[V]
 
 object FormCodec:
+  given FormCodec[String, String] with
+    def toForm(v: String): String = v
+    def toValue(r: String): Validated[String] = Validation.fromPredicateWith(
+      InvalidValue("error.empty.string")
+    )(r)(t => Option(t).map(_.trim).exists(_.nonEmpty))
+
+  given FormCodec[Option[String], String] with
+    def toForm(v: Option[String]): String = v.getOrElse("")
+    def toValue(r: String): Validated[Option[String]] = Validation.succeed(
+      Option(r).map(_.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+    )
+
   given FormCodec[PlainMultiLine, String] with
     override def toForm(v: PlainMultiLine): String = v.toString
     override def toValue(r: String): Validated[PlainMultiLine] =

diff --git a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
index 405d371..2f56234 100644
--- a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
+++ b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormCodec.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
   def toValue(r: A): Validated[V]
 
 object FormCodec:
+  given FormCodec[String, String] with
+    def toForm(v: String): String = v
+    def toValue(r: String): Validated[String] = Validation.fromPredicateWith(
+      InvalidValue("error.empty.string")
+    )(r)(t => Option(t).map(_.trim).exists(_.nonEmpty))
+
+  given FormCodec[Option[String], String] with
+    def toForm(v: Option[String]): String = v.getOrElse("")
+    def toValue(r: String): Validated[Option[String]] = Validation.succeed(
+      Option(r).map(_.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+    )
+
   given FormCodec[PlainMultiLine, String] with
     override def toForm(v: PlainMultiLine): String = v.toString
     override def toValue(r: String): Validated[PlainMultiLine] =
diff --git a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormInput.scala b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormInput.scala
index 73ed43b..7d21f70 100644
--- a/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormInput.scala
+++ b/ui/components/src/main/scala/works/iterative/ui/components/tailwind/form/FormInput.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
       this.render(property, updates.contramap(_.flatMap(v)))
 
 object FormInput:
+  given stringInput: FormInput[String] = Inputs.PlainInput()
+  given optionStringInput: FormInput[Option[String]] = Inputs.PlainInput()
   given plainMultiLineInput: FormInput[PlainMultiLine] = TextArea()
   given optionPlainMultiLineInput: FormInput[Option[PlainMultiLine]] =
     TextArea()