Here are the object's settings as they appear in the properties inspector:
The name that is used to identify this object.
The type of input box you want to use. Choose from:
Enable a single line of input text.
Enable multiple lines of input text.
The text that you want to display in the input object.
The font that you want to use for the text. Click the
edit button ( 
) to open the
Font dialog where you can edit all of the font settings.
The font family that you want to use.
The font size, in points.
Make the text bolded.
Make the text appear in italics.
The alignment to use. Choose from:
Left-align the text within the input object, like so:
|
This text is left-aligned |
Center the text within the input object, like so:
|
This text is centered |
Right-align the text within the input object, like so:
|
This text is right-aligned |
The color to display user input text.
Tip: You can
click the select button ( 
)
to bring up a color chooser.
The background color to use for the object.
The display style of the text in the input object. Choose from:
Display the input text normally.
Hide any text that the user types by displaying asterisks (****).
Note: The password feature is not available for the Multi Line style.
Control the text the user inputs into the object.
The input mask
you want to use to control the data the user inputs into the object. Input
masks let you pre-format the user's response a bit with "guide"
characters, and help prevent errors by performing keystroke validation.
You can click the select button ( )
to display a list of sample input masks.
One of the sample input masks available is a telephone
number. It appears in the list as (###) ###-####.
The "#" character in the input mask is a special digit placeholder
(0-9). For every # in the input mask, the user will only be able to enter
a digit between 0 and 9. At runtime, the user will only be able to enter
10 numeric characters and will appear as a formatted telephone number
such as (204) 946-0263.
You can also include alphabetic characters in an input mask. For example,
one of the sample input masks is ?#? #?# used to represent a Canadian
postal code. The "?" character in the input mask is a special
alphabetic placeholder (a-Z). For every ? in the input mask, the user
will only be able to enter a letter from a to z. For example, R3B 0R3
is one valid postal code that the user could enter. The mask would prevent
the user from entering two sequential alphabetic characters or numbers.
Text used as a placeholder for the input mask. This can be used as sample input until the user fills the input mask. For the telephone number input mask mentioned in the above example, you could include a sample digit as the placeholder such as 9. At runtime it would appear as (999) 999-9999 until the user replaced these digits with their own.
The input text to return. Choose from:
Return only the text the user typed. This does not include any Input Mask characters.
Return all text displayed in the input object. This includes any text displayed by the Input Mask.
Include a vertical scroll bar for the object. Choose from:
Include a vertical scroll bar.
Don't include a vertical scroll bar.
Include a horizontal scroll bar for the object. Choose from:
Include a horizontal scroll bar.
Don't include a horizontal scroll bar.
The border style to display around the input object. Choose from:
Don't display any border around the object.
Display a thin black border around the object.
The object will have a "sunken" appearance on the page.
The order the text will display when typed into the object. Choose from:
Display the text normally, from left to right.
If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment, the text is displayed using right-to-left reading-order properties. For other languages, this style is ignored.
Make the text in the object read-only so the user cannot type into it. Choose from:
Any text displayed in the object will be read-only. This means the user can copy the text, but cannot modify it.
Any text displayed in the object can be modified.
A short string of text that will appear after the mouse hovers over this object for a moment.
Enable the object so it responds to user interaction. Choose from:
The object will respond to mouse overs and clicks and perform any actions assigned to its events.
The object will not respond to any mouse overs or clicks and will not perform any actions until it is enabled.
Note: You can use the Input.SetEnabled action to enable this object.
Set the object's initial visibility. Choose from:
The object will be visible when the page is displayed.
The object will be invisible when the page is displayed.
Note: You can use the Input.SetVisible action to make the object visible or invisible at run time.
The distance in pixels from the left edge of the object to the left edge of the page.
Tip: You can also change the position of an object by dragging it.
The distance in pixels from the top edge of the object to the top edge of the page.
The width of the object in pixels.
Tip: You can also resize an object by dragging one of the resize handles on its bounding box.
The height of the object in pixels.
The actions that will be performed whenever the cursor
is inside the input object and the user presses a key. Click the edit
button ( ) to open the action
editor.
The following event variables are automatically set whenever this event is triggered:
(number) The virtual key code of the key that was pressed.
(table) A table containing three boolean values that describe which modifier keys were held down while the key was pressed. A modifier key is a key that can be held down while another key is pressed, to "modify" it.
There are three true/false values in the table, one for each type of modifier key on the keyboard: shift, ctrl, and alt. You can access these values as e_Modifiers.shift, e_Modifiers.ctrl, and e_Modifiers.alt.
The actions that will be performed whenever the input
object is given focus. For example, it will be given focus if the user
clicks inside the object. Click the edit button ( ) to open the action editor.