Text Input Builder

Text Input Builder

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Specifying Inputs
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Overview: Creating Pages and Forms

The Text Input builder adds an input element of type "text" to one or more pages in the model. We can use a Text Input builder to provide variability for the text input field such as turning it on/off or modifying the displayed value.

Specifying Inputs

The Text Input builder takes the inputs described in the table below. For help on inputs common to many or all builders such as those in the Properties and HTML Attributes input groups, see "Using the Builder Call Editor."

Input Name Description
Name Enter a name for this builder call. The Designer displays this name in the Builder Call List.
Page Location Use the Page Location input to specify the page or pages on which this builder call will act.
See "Locating Control Builders on Pages" for detailed documentation about the Page Location input and page location syntax.
Text Enter a default value for this text input or use the Reference Chooser to supply a value.
If the user does not specify a value, the action processing the form submission receives this value as an input.
Display Type Choose between Normal and Password. Normal displays the characters entered into the text input as they are.
Password displays the characters entered into the text input as asterisks (*).
HTML Attributes
Size Determines the width of the text input in characters. The user may enter more characters than displayed.
For example, a Size value of "10" sets the size of the text input control to ten characters wide. If a user enters a greater number of characters than 10, the text input control displays the last ten characters entered.
Max Length Determines the largest amount of characters accepted for this input. Additional characters entered into the input are ignored.
For example, a Max Length value of "5" could be used for a text input that prompts the user to enter their five digit zip code.

Input Name	Description
Name	Enter a name for this builder call. The Designer displays this name in the Builder Call List.
Page Location	Use the Page Location input to specify the page or pages on which this builder call will act. See "Locating Control Builders on Pages" for detailed documentation about the Page Location input and page location syntax.
Text	Enter a default value for this text input or use the Reference Chooser to supply a value. If the user does not specify a value, the action processing the form submission receives this value as an input.
Display Type	Choose between Normal and Password. Normal displays the characters entered into the text input as they are. Password displays the characters entered into the text input as asterisks (*).
HTML Attributes
Size	Determines the width of the text input in characters. The user may enter more characters than displayed. For example, a Size value of "10" sets the size of the text input control to ten characters wide. If a user enters a greater number of characters than 10, the text input control displays the last ten characters entered.
Max Length	Determines the largest amount of characters accepted for this input. Additional characters entered into the input are ignored. For example, a Max Length value of "5" could be used for a text input that prompts the user to enter their five digit zip code.