Text

A plain text value

Specification

tags

• Type: String
• Specifies how to treat HTML tags.

Allowed values:

Value	Specification
strip	Removes HTML tags.
stripall	Removes all HTML tags (including unclosed).
escape	Converts < , > and & to HTML entities.

validate

• Type: Object
• Specifies parameter validation.

Available parameters:

Parameter	Type	Specification
max	number	Specifies the maximum length.
min	nNumber	Specifies the minimum length.
pattern	string	Specifies a RegExp pattern that a text parameter should conform to. In most cases, the pattern has to be wrapped in ^ and $ e.g. ^[a-z]+$ in order to validate the whole input, not just a part.

nested

Available types:

Type	Specification
array	Provides an array of nested parameters that are shown when the value of the parameter is set (value is not empty).
string	Provides the URL address of an RPC to load a list of nested parameters.
object	Provides a detailed specification of nested parameters.

Use of nested fields

{
    "name": "myText",
    "type": "text",
    "label": "My Text",
    "nested": "rpc://getNestedFields"
}

Examples

Basic text field

A basic text input.

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Strip HTML tags

Enable HTML tags stripping or escaping using the tags option.

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Output

Validate length

Control the length of the inserted string value by setting validate.max and validate.min .

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Validate pattern

Use a regular expression to validate the text input.

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Search button

Add an RPC button (also called as a search button) to perform an RPC call inside the field. Usually used to find an ID of a specific item.