TextBox

Description

The TextBox control is used to display a single line input area.

While a variety of different events are available, the usual response to editing a TextBox is to call the function <buttonID>_onblur().

To add a TextBox to your app, choose the TextBox icon in the Toolbar, then position it on the Design Screen. Use the Property Editor to set the properties you need. If necessary, add functions to your code to respond to the events that come from the TextBox: usually, just onblur.

Properties

Standard properties are supported, plus:

autocapitalize	Automatically capitalize first letter? May not be available on other platforms.
autocomplete	Automatically complete words? May not be available on other platforms.
autocorrect	Spellcheck as entering? May not be available on other platforms.
inputType	Specifies what kind of data will be input. Choices are color, date, datetime, email, file (iOS 6+ and Android 4+ only), hidden, month, number, password, range, search, tel, text, time and url. Default is text.
password	Text to be displayed in the field just as a comment – does not change the value.
placeholder	Text to be displayed in the field just as a comment – does not change the value.
readonly	If set to “True”, the control cannot be edited.
size	Maximum characters allowed.
text	The contents of the TextBox. Same as value.
value	The contents of the TextBox. This is always returned as a string. Convert it to a number before doing arithmetic on it – see “Conversions”.

Events

Standard events are supported, plus:

onblur	Called when exiting the field.
onkeypress	Called when a key is pressed.

Example (Basic)

Rem TextBox Example
Function Text1_onblur()
  Msgbox Text1.value
End Function

Example (JavsScript)

// TextBox Example

Text1.onblur = function() {
  alert(Text1.value);
}

Output