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field type - email [2016/09/14 18:19]
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 +====== Email ======
 +The email address field is specially designed to store one thing only: an email address.
 +
 +===== 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.
 +
 +
 +===== Features =====
 +
 +Field features can be edited by clicking on the orange field icon {{:​email.png|}} when the [[Presentation Layer|presentation layer]] is displayed. ​
 +
 +==== Field Label ====
 +  * [[Field Setting - Field Label|Field Label]]
 +  * [[Field Setting - Display Alternate Label]] (affects this form only)
 +
 +==== Grid Appearance ====
 +
 +  * [[Field Setting - Column Span|Column Span]]
 +  * [[Field Setting - Row Span|Row Span]]
 +
 +=
 +==== 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)
 +
 +==== Block Association ====
 +  * [[Field Setting - Temporary Block Association|Temporary Block Association]]
 +  * [[Field Setting - Global Block Association|Global Block Association]]
 +
 +==== Default Value ====
 +  * [[Field Setting - Default Value|Default Value]]
 + 
 +==== Validation ====
 +   * [[Field Setting - Required|Required]]
 +   * [[Field Setting - Maximum Length|Maximum Length]] ​
 +
 +==== Audit History ====
 +  * [[Field Setting - Audit This Field|Audit This Field]] ​
 +  * [[Field Setting - Show Audit History|Show Audit History]]
 +
 +==== View Only ====
 +  * [[Field Setting - View Only|View Only]]
 +
 +
 +===== 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.
 +
 +===== Filters =====
 +The email address field can be filtered using any of the [[Query Builder - Filter#​Text-type filters|text-type filters]].
  
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