HTML Form textfields
A line textfield uses the input tag. The attribute type can have the text value or the password value. The size attribute is for the number of characters, it changes the textfield width too.
A multilines textfield uses the textarea tag. In this last case, the cols attribute defines the number of columns and the rows attributs defines the number of rows.
Usual attributes
| Attribute name | Attribute value |
|---|---|
| class | Set a value for CSS rules. The CSS rule will be applied to all tags with the same class name |
| cols | The number of character columns for the textarea |
| disabled | It will disable for any usage the component |
| id | Set a unique value, it is useful for JavaScript or for CSS rule. For CSS it will be applied only for this tag |
| maxlength | The maximun number of characters for the input component |
| name | The name of the parameter sent to the server |
| placeholder | It will show an helper text inside the component. The helper text will disappear after the component gets the user focus |
| rows | The number of rows for the textarea |
| size | The textfield character size. It is only for input textfield usage. |
| value | The value sent to the server when the forum is submitted. The value can also contain the default text. |