Element: Field

This element allows the user to enter or edit text.

Sample Field

Events

Fields have a mouseUp event that can be configured using low-code. This event is triggered when the user clicks or touches the field.

Properties

Size Section

This section is used to configure the field size and position.

Property Description
top The value in pixels representing how far the element is from the top of the window.
left The value in pixels representing how distant element is from the left side of the window.
width The value in pixels representing the distance between the left side of the element and its right side.
height The value in pixels representing the distance between the bottom side of the element and its top side.

Geometry Section

Use the properties in this section to configure the responsive design behaviors for the element.

Property Description
lockAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.
responsiveX how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the X axis.
responsiveY how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the Y axis.
allowUnderNotch Stretch to fill notch

Text Section

The properties in this section are used together with those in the appearance section to configure how the element is displayed on the screen. This section deals with the properties related to text used by the field.

Property Description
textFace The font used in the element’s text.
textSize The text size used in the element’s text.
textAlign The text alignment used for the element’s text. It can be aligned to the left, right, or center.

Appearance Section

This section is used to configure how the field looks.

Property Description
blendLevel How transparent the element is.
hintTextColor the color used by the hint text.
textColor the color of the text in the element.
backgroundColor The color used for the element’s background.
showBorder Turns the visibility of the element’s borders on or off.
lineSize the size of a line in pixels.
lineColor the color of the line.

Element Section

This section is contains properties that are specific to elements of type field.

Property Description
name The name of the element. Displayed in the project browser.
hintText the hint text.
useNative Replaces the element with the native version of that element for the running platform. Used by text fields.
multiLine Configures the text field to accept multiline text instead of single line input.
passwordField marks the field as a password entry. This masks the input so that it is not readable.
keyboardType configure what kind of keyboard is to be used when entering data in the element.
autoCorrectionType configures if the element should use auto-correction features.
autoCapitalizationType configures if the element should use auto-capitalize it’s data.
lowCode ActionScript that controls the behavior of the element.

This chapter was last updated on Fri 8 Nov 2024 10:54:34 GMT