User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Chapter 29 Designing and Implementing Forms
• Off prevents text from wrapping to the next line. If a visitor’s text field
entry exceeds the boundary of the field, the text will scroll toward the
left. Users can enter a hard return to move to the next line in the text
field.
• Virtual wraps text in the text area. When the visitor’s text field exceeds
the bounds of the text field, text wraps to the next line. This option is
recommended when sending data to a script of a database word wrap is
not applied to the data. Instead, the submitted data is sent as a single
string.
• Physical wraps text in the text field as well the data when it is submitted
for processing.
• Char width. Enter a number to define the width of the text box by specifying
the number of characters visible in the field.
• Max chars/Vis height. Enter a number to define how many characters site
visitors can enter in the field. When typing exceeds the field’s visible width
or height, text scrolls up to this number of characters. This option only
applies to multiple-line text fields.
• Style. Select a style for the form field from the drop-down list.
• Disabled. Click this check box to disable the text field on the form. The field
will appear on the form, but site visitors will not be able to enter text in the
field or replace any default text in the field.
4. To add a label to the field, use the Forms Field Label tool on the Forms toolbar.
See “Adding Form Labels” on page 748.
Select the label and the field and on the Multi-Object Panel, click Align Center
to make sure these objects appear correctly in the browser. To make aligning
labels and fields easier, include the field and label in the same text box, or insert
both objects in table cells.
Adding Radio Buttons
Use radio buttons when you want site visitors to choose one option from a group.
Clicking one radio button deselects all others in its group. After creating the form
as described on page 738:
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