Adding Fill-in Text Fields

You use fill-in text fields when you need people to enter information by typing. For instance, you might use a text field to gather a person's name or address.

  1. Click the fill-in text fields button

    The Form tool changes. It displays the controls you use to set up a text field.

  2. Enter a name for this item in the Field Name field.

    This name does not appear on the form; it's stored in the HTML file. The cgi-bin script uses this name to identify the information collected from that field.

  3. Click Password Field if this is a text field into which people will enter passwords or other confidential information.

    When users type into password fields, the text is hidden.

  4. If you want the text field to contain some default text, enter that in the Value field.

  5. In the Width field, specify how wide you want the field to be.

    This is measured in characters. If you want the field to be wide enough to display 10 characters, type 10 in the field.

  6. In the Max Length field, enter the number of characters you can type in the field.

    For example, if you do not want people to enter more than ten characters in the text field, set Max Length to 10.

  7. Click the Apply button to place the text field on the page.