Difference between revisions of "Field Formatting Options"

Revision as of 11:39, 19 April 2013

The following options may be available for configuring the format of Custom Fields:

Width: Determines the width of the field.
Height: Determines the height of the field.
Number Format: Allows you to define how numbers entered in this field will be displayed. See here for details.
Style: Bold, Underline, Italic, Highlight
Tool Tip: Enter help text to be shown on mouse-over.
Read Only: Checkbox
HTML Tag: Additional attributes to the field HTML tag.

Example: To turn a text box into a read only box, you can use HTML. Insert the following (readonly class=textreadonly) into the HTML tag:

The following options are available for the Display Only – Image and Special – Drawing Pad field types:

Thumbnail Width: Determines the width of the image's thumbnail, in pixels
Thumbnail Height: Determines the height of the image's thumbnail, in pixels
Enable Camera Snapshot: Enables a web cam attached to the computer to be used as the source of the image to be stored in this field type.

# of Columns: Determines the number of columns to be used for display purposes

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 * '''Read Only''': Checkbox
 * '''HTML Tag''': Additional attributes to the field HTML tag.
+ Example: To turn a text box into a '''read only''' box, you can use '''HTML'''. Insert the following (readonly class=textreadonly) into the HTML tag:<br>
+[[Image:Read_only_single_line.JPG]]
 <br>
 The following options are available for the [[Custom Field Type: Display Only – Image|Display Only – Image]] and [[Custom Field Type: Special – Drawing Pad|Special – Drawing Pad]] field types: