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Text Fields

The Text Field is a small box on the Form where the user may type in text. It can have an initial setting, or it can be blank.

Add a Text Field:

Text field dialog

1. Position the cursor where you want the Text Field to be.
2. Click the Text button on the form palette to get the dialog box above.
3. Specify values for Form Tag and, optionally, Initial Text.
   • Initial Text, if specified, is displayed within the text field by default and is submitted with the form data if the user has not typed over it.
4. Select the Field Type, either Text or Password.
   • If Text is selected, the text that the user types appears in the field.
   • If Password is selected, an asterisk (*) appears instead for each letter.
5. Enter, optionally, Display Size.
   • Display Size controls the length of the text field, as displayed in the form.
6. Enter, optionally, Max Input.
   • Max Input controls the maximum number of characters that the user is allowed to type in. If you do not specify this, you will be limited by whatever the limit is for the system, often infinite.
7. Click OK, and the text field appears where the cursor was positioned.

If you want to input more than one line of text you should be looking at a Text Area rather than a Text Field.

Every form element must must have a "Form Tag". When a form is submitted, then the POST to the form URL will contain "<Form Tag>=<Contents of the Text Field>". The text field may be initialized so that it starts out containing the text specified in the Initial Text field.

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