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Additional String Widgets


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Forms
Understanding Forms
Forms Tab
Form Browser
Form Buttons
Form Editor
Display Slot Menu
Selected Widget Type Menu
Widget Configuration Dialog
Form Configuration Dialog Box
Default Widget Types
Additional String Widgets
Instance Row and Table Widgets
Contains Widget
Direct Instances Widget
Global Characteristics
Moving or Resizing a Widget
Widget Configuration Properties
Selecting a Widget Display
Hiding a Widget
Customizing a Row or Table Widget
Customizing a Contains Widget
Using a Resource List Widget
Additional Widget Types
Glossary, Editing Help

There are a number of additional widget types available for String widgets.

Single Cardinality String Widgets

The following widgets are available for a String field of Single cardinality. These widgets can be chosen by selecting a String widget at the Forms Tab and then selecting the desired widget from the Widget Type Menu:

Widget Name Description Sample

YellowStickyWidget

Displays the string entry field as a yellow sticky note.

forms_yellowstickywidget_small

TextAreaWidget

Displays the entry field as a text area - useful for extensive strings.

forms_textareawidget_instance

UniqueStringWidget

Identical in appearance to the default TextStringWidget, but verifies that the entered string is a unique value, i.e., it is not the same value at any other instance.

instances_filled_entry_field_string

URLWidget

Allows the user to enter and display a URL. Entering a URL and pressing Enter/Return or clicking Home (forms_home) loads the URL into the field. Clicking View in Browser (all_object.view) opens the URL in the default browser.

forms_urlwidget_small

ImageWidget

Allows the user to enter the path to an image. Pressing Enter/Return loads the image.

forms_imagewidget

Multiple Cardinality String Widgets

The following widget is available for a String field of Multiple cardinality.

Widget Name Description Sample

ResourceListWidget

Allows the user to enter a list of URLs; checks to see that the syntax of the entered string is a valid URL, but does not verify that the URL is available. See Using a ResourceListWidget for more information.

forms_resourcelist