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| + | ====== Short Text ====== | ||
| + | The short text field is used to store up to 255 characters of text. This field is commonly used for names, places, objects, etc. | ||
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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 "Short Text" from the list of field types. | ||
| + | - You can continue adding fields or click the "Select" button to finish adding. | ||
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| + | ===== Features ===== | ||
| + | Field features can be edited by clicking on the orange field icon {{:shorttext.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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| + | ==== Sizing ==== | ||
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| + | * [[Field Setting - Sizing|Length]] | ||
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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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| + | ==== Redaction ==== | ||
| + | * [[Field Setting - Hide Input|Hide Input]] | ||
| + | ==== View Only ==== | ||
| + | * [[Field Setting - View Only|View Only]] | ||
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| + | ===== Output formats ===== | ||
| + | The short text field has only one output - the text that was entered. | ||
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| + | ===== Acceptable inputs ===== | ||
| + | The short text field can accept any alphanumeric and special characters. | ||
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| + | ===== Filters ===== | ||
| + | The short text field can be filtered using any one of the standard [[Query Builder - Filter##Text-Type Filters|text-type filters]]. | ||
