Input Field

The input fields are normally found within a form but can also be part of a modal, search, or card. Common text input types include usernames, password, descriptions, URLs, emails, addresses, and plain text searches. In the “Input Field” element, the end-user enters a value.

Usage

When to use	When not to use
When you want the user to enter name, password, brief description, address, contact number, etc.	When you want the user to select an option from the given options.

Input Field Configuration

The Input Field element contains the following segments to configure different properties:

• UI Configuration
• Event Configuration

UI Configuration

For the “Input Field” element, you can configure the following properties:

Tab	Property Name	Description	Mandatory	New Default Values	Visibility Rules
Basic	Reference Name	Specifies a unique name of the element. At the application level, an element is identified and managed by the reference name.	Yes	Textfield 1
Basic	Caption	Specifies the title of the element.	No	Label
Basic	Input Type	Allows you to select a specific data type of the value that the user can enter in the input field. To define a input data type, you can select one of the following options: 1. Alphabet:- Select it to allow the user to only enter alphabets. 2. Number:-Select it to allow the user to only enter numbers in the input field. 3. Alphanumeric:- Select it to allow the user to enter alphanumeric value, including numbers and alphabets. 4. Regex:-Select it to define a regular expression. To know more about regular expression, see the section: Configuring Regex. 5. Formatter:- Select it to define user-defined input format. To know more about formatter, see the section: Configuring Formatter.	No	Alphabet
Basic	Alphabet Cases	In this list, you can select one of the following options: –> Upper Case:- Select this option to enter capital characters in the element. –> Lower Case:- Select this option to enter small characters in the element. –> Any Case:- Select this option to enter the small and capital characters in the element.	No	Upper cases	If Input Type != Number, Password
Basic	Default Value	This property allows you to define the default value of an element. To define the default value: –> Click in this box, and it displays the list of the pre-define functions, attributes, and element IDs. –> In the list, select an attribute from which the application will fetch the default value and then display it in the element.
Basic	Special Character	If this check box is selected, you can enter the special character in the element.	No	Selected
Basic	Visible	Allows you to define the default visibility of the UI element.	No	Selected
Basic	Business Rule	Click this list and then select a pre-defined business rule that will determine the element’s visibility. If the user’s action satisfies the condition in the business rule, the application will display or hide the element. To define a njew business rule, access the Business Rule Manager module.	No
Basic	Enable	Allows the user to enable/disable an element. You can decide whether the element needs to be clickable and usable.	No	marked
Basic	Business Rule	Click this list and then select a business rule to make the element active or inactive. If the user’s action satisfies the condition in the business rule, the application will make the element active or inactive in the application. To define the business rule, access the Business Rule Manager module.	No
Basic	Password	If you click this check box, the element displays the entered value in encrypted format.
Basic	Mandatory	If you click to select this check box, the user needs to enter the value in the element mandatorily. If the user does not enter the value in the element, the application will display the error.	No	Clear Check box
Basic	Message on Mandatory	This property comes into view when you click the Mandatory check box. In the Message on Failure box, enter the error message that the application will display if the user does not perform the function on the element.	No		When Mandatory = marked
UI Properties	Styles	Allows you to select a specific style for the element from the list of pre-defined styles. The vDesigner module offers pre-defined styles that you can apply to the element.	No	Default
UI Properties- Background	Background Color	Click the left box to display the color canvas. On the canvas: 1. On the horizontal bar, move the circle to select the color. –> In the canvas, move the circle to select the tone of the color.	No	Theme Variable (Neutral)
UI Properties- Background	Opacity	Opacity is the degree to which content behind an element is hidden, and is the opposite of transparency.	No	100%
UI Properties- Alignment & Spacing	Margin	Allows you to desirably define margin around each side of the element. It provides four different boxes to define the margin outside the right, left, top, and bottom border of the element.	No	Theme Variable (Margin)
UI Properties- Alignment & Spacing	Element’s Alignment	This property contains three tabs. You can use these tabs as follows: 1. Left:- By default, this tab is selected. It aligns the element to the left of the page. 2. Center:- If you select this tab, it aligns the element at the center of the page. 3. Right:- If you select this tab, it aligns the element to the right of the page.	No	Left
UI Properties – Caption	Font	Click this list to select the font type (For example: – Arial) of the element’s caption.	No	Theme Variable (Font Family)
UI Properties – Caption	Size	Enter the font size of the caption.	No	12
UI Properties – Caption	Color	Select the color of the font of the caption.	No	Theme Variable (Caption)
UI Properties – Caption	Bold	In this box, Enter a value in the range from 1 to 9. This value specifies the thickness of the element’s caption’s character.	No	4
UI Properties – Caption	Style	Select the style of font (For example:- Italic) of the caption	No	Normal
UI Properties – Icon	Prefix Source	Allows you to configure an icon that you want to use with the element. After you configure the icon, the app will display the icon to the left of the element. You can use the following options to configure the icon: –> None –> URL –> Asset Library	No	None
UI Properties- Icon	Prefix URL	In this box, enter the URL of the icon. The application fetches the icon from the URL location and then displays it to the left of the element.	Yes		If prefix Source = URL
UI Properties- Icon	Select Prefix Icon	Allows you to fetch the image of icon from the Assets Manager module. In this box: –> Click the asset library icon (), and the Select Asset dialog box opens. –> In the Select Asset dialog box, select an icon, and then click Select, and you successfully configure the image of the icon.	Yes		If prefix Source = Assets Manager
UI Properties- Icon	Prefix Size	In this box, enter the numeric value (for example:-14) to define the size of the icon.	Yes	16	When Prefix != None
UI Properties- Icon	Prefix Color	Click the Color box and then select the color to define the color of the icon. Note: – The “Color” property can only be configured for “Material” icons. If you have defined the URL to load the image, you cannot apply the “Color” property to the URL-based images.	Yes	#161616	When Prefix != None
UI Properties- Icon	Suffix Source	Allows you to configure an icon that you want to use with the element. After you configure the icon, the app will display the icon to the right of the element. You can use the following options to configure the icon: –> None –> URL –> Asset Library	No	None
UI Properties- Icon	Suffix URL	In this box, enter the URL of the icon. The application fetches the icon from the URL-based location and then displays it to the right of the element.	Yes		When Suffix = URL
UI Properties- Icon	Select Suffix Icon	Allows you to fetch the image of icon from the Assets Manager module. In this box: –> Click the asset library icon (), and the Select Asset dialog box opens. –> In the Select Asset dialog box, select an icon, and then click Select, and you successfully configure the image of the icon.	Yes		If Suffix Source = Assets Manager
UI Properties- Icon	Suffix Size	In this box, enter the numeric value (for example:-14) to define the size of the icon.	Yes	16	When Suffix != None
UI Properties- Icon	Suffix Color	Click the Color box and then select the color to define the color of the icon. Note: – The “Color” property can only be configured for “Material” icons. If you have defined the URL to load the image, the “Color” property cannot be applied to the URL-based images.	Yes	#161616	When Suffix != None
UI Properties – Hint	Text	Enter the description of the hint text that the application displays as a brief help about the element.	No	Hint
UI Properties -Hint	Size	Enter the size of the font of the hint text.	No	14
UI Properties -Hint	Color	Click in the Color box and then define the font color of the hint text.	No	#6F6F6F
UI Properties – Input	Font	Select the font of the value that you enter in the element.	No	Theme Variable (Font Family)
UI Properties -Input	Size	Enter the size of the font of the input text.	No	14
UI Properties – Input	Color	Click the Color box and then select the color of the font of the input value.	No	Theme Variable (Answer Text)
UI Properties – Input	Bold	Enter the size of the “Bold” emphasis if you want to display the input text in Bold style.	No	4
UI Properties- Input	Show Cursor	Select any of the following options: –> Yes: – Click this option if you want to display the cursor after the element loads. –> No: – Click this option if you do not want to display the cursor after the element loads.	No	TRUE
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Type	Under the Shape and Decoration section, this property has the two following options: Autofill:-  If you select this option, the element will occupy the available space of the parent layout. Manual:- If you select this option, you can define a specific size of the element.
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Width Value	Enter the width of the element in the pixel or percentage unit.	No	100%
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Height Value	Enter the height of the element in the pixel unit.	No	Set as ___ & Disable
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	X	Allows you to move the element along the X-axis; when the value increases, the element moves from left to right.	No	Show & Disable
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Y	Allows you to move the element along the Y-axis; when the value increases, the element moves from top to bottom.	No	Show & Disable
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Border Radius	Allows you to define the radius of one of the corners of the element. Defining the radius of the corner makes the corner of the element round.	No	Theme Variable (Border Radius)
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Border Color	Click the first box and then define the color of the element’s border.	No	#C6C6C6
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Opacity	Opacity is the degree to which content behind an element is hidden, and is the opposite of transparency.	No	100%
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Select Color	Click the first box and then define the color of the element when the user selects the element to perform the function.	No	Theme Variable (Primary)
UI Properties- Shape & Decoration	Opacity	Opacity is the degree to which content behind an element is hidden, and is the opposite of transparency.	No	100%
UI Properties-Tooltip	Show Tooltip	Click this check box to make a tooltip available with the element.	No	Clear Check box
UI Properties-Tooltip	Message	This property allows you to configure the message for a tooltip. To configure the message: Click in this box, and a smart selector expands. In the smart selector, you can select the following: 1. Static Function:- By using the static function, you can manually define the message inside the static function. 2. Element:- If you select the element, the application will fetch the message that is linked to the selected element. 3. Entity:- If you select an entity, the app will fetch the message from the entity.	Yes	{{ fx }}	When the Show Tooltip check box is selected
UI Properties-Tooltip	Color	This property allows you to define the color of the tooltip’s message. To define the message’s color: 1. Click the left Color box, a color canvas opens. 2. On the color canvas, move the circle on the upper bar to select the color of the tooltip’s text. 3. Move the circle on the lower bar to define the transparency of the selected color.	No	#6F6F6F	When the Show Tooltip check box is selected
Data	Entity Path	This property allows you to map an entity to the element. You define the entity (a JSON object data type) in the Data Modeler module. To define the entity path: –> Click in the Entity Path box, and a list expands. –> The list displays several entities. –> In the list, select an entity to map it to the element. After the user performs the function on the element, the application can perform the following functions: a. Fetches data from the entity and then displays it in the element. b. Stores data in the entity.	Yes	EntityName.	If Entity is selected
Data	Read Only	In this property, you can select any of the following options: –> Yes: – If you select this option, the user can only read the value in the element. The user cannot type or enter the value in the input field. –> No: – If you select this option, the user can enter the value inside the input field.	No	umarked
Data	Keyboard Type	Click this list and then select one of the following types of keyboard that the application will open. The user can use that keyboard type to enter the value in the element. For instance: – If you select “Number“, the application will open a number-based keyboard that the user can use to enter the numeric value in the input field.	No		Becomes visible if the Read Only check box is clear
Data	Submission Type	Click this list to select any of the following values: –> Next Focus:- If you select this value, the application will highlight the next selectable element after the end-user enters the value in the input field. –> Next Line:- If you select this value, the application will move the mouse pointer to the next line after the user enters the value in the input field.	No	Next Focus
Data	Maximum Length	In this box, enter the numeric value (for example, 8) that specifies the maximum permissible length of characters that the user can enter in the input field.	No		If Input Type != Number
Data	Message On Max Length Failure	In this box, enter a message text that the application will display if the user enters more number of characters than the maximum permissible number of characters.	No		If Input Type != Number
Data	Minimum Length	In this box, enter the numeric value (For example: – 8) that specifies the minimum permissible number of characters that the user needs to enter in the input field.	No		If Input Type != Number
Data	Message On Min Length Failure	In this box, enter the numeric value (For example: – 8) that will denote the maximum permissible length of characters that the user can enter in the input field, if user enter the numeric value below 8 error message will be shown to user	No		If Input Type != Number
Data	Maximum Value	In this box, enter the numeric value (For example: – 2) that will denote the maximum permissible item selections.	No		If Input Type = Number
Data	Message On Max Value Failure	In this box, enter the message that the application will display if the user attempts to select more than the permissible items that can be selected.	No		If Input Type = Number
Data	Minimum Value	In this box, enter a numeric value (for example, 8) that specifies the minimum required number of characters that the user needs to enter in the element.	No		If Input Type = Number
Data	Message On Min Value Failure	In this box, enter a message text that the application will display if the user enters fewer characters than the required minimum number of characters.	No		If Input Type = Number
Data	Message on regex failure	In this box, enter a regular failure message expression. The regular expression is a complex condition that is applied when the user enters a wrong value in the “Input Field” element.	No		If Input Type = Regex
Data	Real Time	Shows user the numbers on the real time scenario	No	unmarked
Security	Copy & Paste	This property provides the following values: –> Yes:- If you select this value, the user can copy and paste the value of the input element elsewhere. –> No:- If you select this value, the user cannot copy and paste the value of the input element elsewhere.	No	Selected check box
Security	Data Masking	This property allows you to mask the data. After you click to select the Data Masking check box, the following boxes come into view: 1. Masking Type 2. N 3. Masking Symbol	No	Clear Check box
Security	Masking Type	Click this list to select one of the following options: 1. From Start This option masks a specified number of characters (for example:- **ample123) from the left. 2. From End This option masks a specified number of characters (for example:- Example1**) from the right. 3. From Start & End This option masks specified numbers of characters (for example:- **ample***) from the left and right of the string. 4. Except Start This option masks all characters except a specified number of characters (for example:- Ex********) from the left. 5. Except End This option masks all characters except a specified number of characters (for example:- ********23) from the right. 6. Except Start & End This option masks all characters except specified numbers of characters (for example:- Ex*****123) from the left and right. 7. All Alphabets This option masks all alphabets (for example:- *******123) in the string. 8. All Numbers This option masks all numbers (for example:- Example***) in the string. 9. All This option masks all characters in the string.	No	From Start	If Data Masking check box is selected
Security	N	This box comes into view after you click the Data Masking check box. In this box, enter a numeric value that specifies the number of characters that are masked from right or left in the string. For example:- If you select From Start in the Masking Type list and then enter 4 in the N box, the data masking property masks four characters from the left. If you select From End in the Masking Type list and then enter 4 in the N box, the data masking property masks four characters from the right.	No		If Data Masking check box is selected
Security	M	This box comes into view after you select From Start & End in the Masking Type list. In the M box, enter a numeric value that specifies the number of characters that the Data Masking feature masks from the right of the string. For example:- If you enter 4 in the M box, the data masking property masks four characters from the right.	Yes		If Masking Type = From Start & End
Security	Masking Symbol	Click this list and then select one of the following characters that you can use as a masking symbol or character: 1. * 2. & 3. % 4. $ 5. # 6. @ 7. x 8. – 9. +	No		If Data Masking check box is selected

Event Configuration

On the “Input Field” element, you can configure the following events:

• onSuffixClick
• onFocusOut
• onCompletion
• onTextChange
• onCharRemove

Configuring Regex

You can find this property as an option in the Input Type list. This property allows you to perform one of the following activities:

• Select a pre-defined regex (regular expression) (for example:- PAN) to apply it to the input field
• Select Custom Regex to define a new regex and then apply it to the input field.

To define a regex:

1. In the Input Field panel, click the Input Type list and then select Regex, and the Regex Type box comes into view.
2. In the Regex Type box, do one of the following activities:

Case1:- (If you want to configure a pre-defined regex)

3. Click the Regex Type list and then select one of the following available regexes:
   • PAN
   • AADHAAR
   • Credit Card
   • Date
   • Time
   • Mobile Number

Case2:- (If you want to defined a new regex)

4. Click the Regex Type list and then select Custom Regex, and the Enter Regex box comes into view.
5. In the Enter Regex box, enter a regular expression (for example:- ^[A-Z]{2}-[0-9]{13}$ (a regular expression for the Indian Driving License format)).
6. After you define a regular expression, click Apply to configure the input type for the input field element.

Configuring Formatter

In the Input Field element, you can use this feature to configure a user-defined format. After you define an input format, the input field allows and helps the user enter the value based on the user-defined format.

This feature will not allow the user to enter a value that violates the configured user-defined data format.

To configure a user-defined format:

1. In the Input Field panel, click the Input Type list and then select Formatter, and the Formatter Expression box comes into view.
2. In the Formatter Expression box, enter a format as follows:

Sample Format:

AAAA-0000-A

Let us understand this user-defined format as follows:

In the format string:

• AAAA specifies that the data value will have the first four characters as alphabets.
• – (Hyphen) (a special character) specifies that the input field will automatically append a hyphen when the user enters a character after four alphabets. The input field will append the hyphen after four alphabets and before a new character.
• 0000 specifies that the data value will have four digits (numeric values) after the hyphen.
• – (a second hyphen) specifies that the input field will automatically append a hyphen when the user enters a character after four digits. The input field will append the hyphen after four digits and before a new character.
• The last character, A, after the second hyphen, specifies that the Input Field will have the last character, an alphabet.

Let us see how the user enters the value in the Input Field that vDesigner’s user configured to accept the value that matches the user-defined format.