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+ | ====== Email ====== | ||
+ | The email address field is specially designed to store one thing only: an email address. | ||
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+ | ===== How to Create ===== | ||
+ | - Click the {{:presentation-layer:field-plus.png|}} to add a field in your [[Form|form]]. | ||
+ | - Choose "New Field" | ||
+ | - Select the table you wish to add the field to. Most of the time, this will be the current [[Table|table]] you are on, called the current [[Context|context]]. | ||
+ | - Select a field name and click "Choose Type". | ||
+ | - Choose "Email Address" from the list of field types. | ||
+ | - You can continue adding fields or click the "Select" button to finish adding. | ||
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+ | ===== Features ===== | ||
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+ | Field features can be edited by clicking on the orange field icon {{:email.png|}} when the [[Presentation Layer|presentation layer]] is displayed. | ||
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+ | ==== Field Label ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Field Label|Field Label]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Display Alternate Label]] (affects this form only) | ||
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+ | ==== Grid Appearance ==== | ||
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+ | * [[Field Setting - Column Span|Column Span]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Row Span|Row Span]] | ||
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+ | ==== Tooltip ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Tooltip|Tooltip]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Descriptive Text|Descriptive Text]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Display Alternate Descriptive Text|Display Alternate Descriptive Text]] (affects this form only) | ||
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+ | ==== Block Association ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Temporary Block Association|Temporary Block Association]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Global Block Association|Global Block Association]] | ||
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+ | ==== Default Value ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Default Value|Default Value]] | ||
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+ | ==== Validation ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Required|Required]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Maximum Length|Maximum Length]] | ||
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+ | ==== Audit History ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Audit This Field|Audit This Field]] | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - Show Audit History|Show Audit History]] | ||
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+ | ==== View Only ==== | ||
+ | * [[Field Setting - View Only|View Only]] | ||
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+ | ===== Acceptable inputs ===== | ||
+ | The email address Field has inherent validation such that it will not store an invalid email address. A valid email address consists of a string of characters followed by an '@', then another string of characters followed by a '.', then a third string of characters. | ||
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+ | ===== Filters ===== | ||
+ | The email address field can be filtered using any of the [[Query Builder - Filter#Text-type filters|text-type filters]]. | ||