Text Box: General Information

A text box is a control in which a user enters a text string.

A text box is defined by PXTextEdit in the Classic UI. In the Modern UI, a text box is defined by the field tag (whose control type is automatically defined as a text box from the backend code). In rare cases, a text box in the Modern UI is defined explicitly by the qp-text-editor control.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn the following about a text box:

• The proper configuration of a text box for specific cases, such as when a text box needs to be configured as a multiline text box
• A detailed description of each property of a text box

Applicable Scenarios

You configure text boxes in the following user scenarios:

• A user enters some information on a single line, such as the value of a required field.
• A user enters some detailed information on multiple lines, such as the description of a record.
• A user enters sensitive information that must be masked while the user is typing, such as the value of a password field.

UI Naming Convention

The following table shows the UI naming convention for a text box.

Naming Convention	Example
Use a noun or a noun phrase to describe the contents of a text box. Preferably, text box names should consist of one or two words.	The Description text box on the Sales Orders (SO301000) form, which is shown in the following screenshot.