The Text Area element is used to allow data entry in a form. The text area element can capture more than one line of text. In addition validation on the field can be specified using the validation properties for the element through the Validation tab.
| Property Name |
Description |
| Name |
This property is used the describe the name of the Text Area Field. In addition if this element is to become a search field, this property then becomes the label for the search field in the form. |
| Value |
This optional property is for storing the value for the text area field element. It can also be used as the default value. |
| SearchField |
This optional property is used to specify if the the element is to be included in the search form in the Workflow Manager module. |
| Class |
Optional name of the CSS style class. |
| Width |
This optional property specifies the physical width of the field. The width value can be specified in pixels (eg 100px) or percentage (40%) format. |
| Height |
This optional property specifies the physical height of the field. The height value can be specified in pixels (eg 100px) or percentage (40%) format. |
| Wrap |
This optional property specifies whether text in the text area field should be wrapped or not. |
| ReadOnly |
This optional property specifies whether the field is to be used as read-only. |
| Disabled |
This optional property specifies whether the field should be disabled. |
| Mandatory Validation |
This optional property specifies whether the field should be validated as a mandatory field. If this property is selected, an error message should also be provided. |
| Numeric Validation |
This optional property specifies whether the field should be validated as a numeric field. If this property is selected, an error message should also be provided. |
| AlphaNumeric Validation |
This optional property specifieds whether the field should be validated as an alpha-numeric field. If this property is selected, an error message should also be provided. |
| Email Validation |
This optional property specifies whether the field should be validated as an email address field. If this property is selected, an error message should also be provided. |
