Text box <INPUT TYPE="text">

The text box allows the user to enter a line of text in a form. The number of characters accepted in the text box can be limited.

1. Place the cursor in the edit window where you wish to insert the text boxes. This location must be placed between <FORM> and </FORM> tags.

2. In the Forms tag, click on the Text box. The Form Elements dialog box appears.

3. In the identifier name text box, type a name. This name identifies the Text box.

4. In the Property menu, you can modify the size of the text box and modify the size of the text box by inserting a number in the Maximum length displayed box.
   This will not prevent the user to enter more text than the available space.

5. You can also limit the size of the text that will be submitted with the form by inserting a number in the Maximum authorized length box.

6. In the Elements value box, you can enter a message that will be displayed in the Form field when the Form is displayed.

7. Click on the OK button.

AceHTML inserts the following command in the document:

If you have not previously specified the type of form in which you want to insert this element, AceHTML asks if you want to insert the Form in the document.