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Version: 9.5

TextField / Textarea

Input Example
<input id="customer_street" 
type="text"
data-win-control="HFWinJSCtrl.TextField"
data-win-options="{
label: 'Address: Street name'
}">
Textarea Example
<textarea id="repair_remark" 
style="min-height:110px; height:auto"
data-win-control="HFWinJSCtrl.TextField"
data-win-options="{
label: 'Remark'
}"></textarea>
Note

Please ensure there is no non breaking space or line break between the 'textarea'-opening and closing tag. Otherwise the cursor will not be positioned at the correct place on focus.

FormControl Options

autoResize

Set "true" whenever the Textarea should be auto resized on typing.

How to use: autoResize: true
Type: boolean

charCounter

Set "true" whenever the Textarea should display a character counter. It gets updated on every key stroke. The maxlength amount is taken from the validator.

How to use: charCounter: true
Type: boolean

copyValueTo

Copy value to specified FormControls.

How to use: copyValueTo: ...
Type: CopyValueToType

defaultValue

Provide a default text inside your input field. A custom code function can be used to set defaultValue.

How to use: defaultValue: 'Default Text'
Type: string | function
Signature: function() => string

disabled

Set "true" whenever the TextField/Textarea should be disabled.

How to use: disabled: true
Type: boolean

displayOnly

Disables the Textfield and makes it readonly, without input styling.

How to use: displayOnly: 'true'
Type: boolean

doNotCopy

Set "true" whenever the field should get deleted if form is copied.

How to use: doNotCopy: true
Type: boolean

hidden

Hide FormControl in Form.

How to use: hidden: true
Type: boolean

label

Define a label for your control element.

How to use: label: 'Addrees: Street name'
Type: string

list

Set this property to "true" if data connected with this control should be a sorting/filtering/grouping option on the listpage, is used in template objects (eg. the listTemplate) or it should show up in admin ui listings.

How to use: list: true
Type: boolean

listOptions

Set additional options for controls with list equals true. E.g. set custom label for filter/sort/group dialogs or hide them complettely.

How to use: listOptions: {...}
Type: { dialogText: string, dialogHide: boolean }

mask

Used to give the user an input mask. For more information visit: https://imask.js.org/guide.html.

How to use: mask: '(000) 000-0000'
Type: string

maskOptions

Used to define an input mask more precise. For more information visit: https://imask.js.org/guide.html.

How to use: maskOptions: {...}
Type: AnyMaskedOptions | function
Signature: function() => AnyMaskedOptions

onChanged

Call a pre-defined JS-method to do something when the status of the control changes.

How to use: onChanged: HFFormdefinition.Namespace.Method
Type: function
Signature: function(value: string) => void

persistent

The value "user" sets the initial value of the TextField to the value of the previous form item of the current user and overwrites any defaultValue.

How to use: persistent: 'user'
Type: 'user'

required

Set "true" if the control has to be filled in.

How to use: required: true
Type: boolean

tooltip

Write a comment to provide further information about the field. A question mark will then be shown within the label and with a click/tap on it, the information will occur.

How to use: tooltip: 'Please fill in a remark.'
Type: string

tooltipTemplate

Write an id of a html container to provide further information about the field. A question mark will then be shown within the label and with a click/tap on it, the content of the container will occur.

How to use: tooltipTemplate: 'example_control_tooltip'
Type: string

visiting

Set "true" whenever the form element should be marked as "visited" when the user has clicked or tapped at the form field.

How to use: visiting: true
Type: boolean
Note

A textarea is a special kind of a TextField. You can specify the look-and-feel of the textarea by providing style information. Set the minimal height "min-height" and the behavior of the textarea scrolling by setting the style attribute height to "auto".

listOptions Object

dialogHide

Hide field from filter/sort/group dialogs.

How to use: dialogHide: true
Type: boolean

dialogText

Set custom label for filter/sort/group dialogs.

How to use: dialogText: 'Display Text'
Type: string

copyValueTo

Define FormControls in which the entered value should be copied.

Example
<input id="textfield_multiple_copy_source"
type="text"
data-win-control="HFWinJSCtrl.TextField"
data-win-options="{
label: 'TestField: source',
copyValueTo: [
'textfield_multiple_copy_traget_1',
'textfield_multiple_copy_traget_2'
]
}">
Option interface
interface ICopyValueToObject {
targetId: string;
mode: 'overwrite' | null;
shadowPostfix: string;
callback: (value: string) => string;
}

type CopyValueToType = string | ICopyValueToObject | Array<string | ICopyValueToObject>;

callback

Specify a function to process value before copy.

How to use: callback: HFFormDefinition.Namespace.processValue
Type: function
Signature: function(value: string) => string

mode

Specify if target field gets overwritten. Default behviour is to only copy to empty fields.

How to use: mode: 'overwrite'
Type: string

shadowPostfix

Specify which shadow field is copied.

How to use: shadowPostfix: '_HFNumericField'
Type: string

targetId

Specify target id

How to use: targetId: 'target_id'
Type: string

Stored data

The simplest storage – id and the filled-in value:

{
"id": "customer_street",
"value": "Cranfield Road"
}

MaskedInput data

<input id="masked_input" 
type="text"
data-win-control="HFWinJSCtrl.TextField"
data-win-options="{
label: 'Phone number',
mask: '(000) 000-0000'
}">

First the raw input data

{
"id": "masked_input",
"value": "1234567890"
}

and second for the masked value

{
"id": "masked_input_HFMaskedValue",
"value": "(123) 456-7890"
}