Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 618)

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Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
Last updated 6/3/2015
CFTextField options (ColdFusion)
To set the options of a ColdFusion text or password field, set any of the following options in the CFTextField Property
inspector:
CFtextfield Sets the id attribute of the tag.
Value Lets you specify text to be displayed in the field when the page first opens in a browser. The information can
either be static or dynamic.
To specify a dynamic value, click the lightning bolt icon beside the Value box and select a recordset column in the
Dynamic Data dialog box. The recordset column supplies a value to the text field when you view the form in a browser.
Text Mode Lets you switch between the standard text input field and the password input field. The attribute modified
by this control is type.
Read Only Lets you make the displayed text read-only.
Max Length Sets the maximum number of characters accepted by the text field.
Mask Lets you specify a mask for your requested text. You use this property to validate the user input. The mask format
is composed of A, 9, X and ? characters.
Note: The mask attribute is ignored for the cfinput type="password" tag.
Validate Specifies the type of validation for the current field.
Validate At Specifies when the field is validated: onSubmit, onBlur or onServer.
Label Lets you specify a label for the text field.
Pattern Lets you specify a JavaScript regular expression pattern to validate input. Omit leading and trailing slashes. For
more information, see the ColdFusion documentation.
Height Lets you specify the height of the control, in pixels.
Width Lets you specify the width of the control, in pixels.
Size Lets you specify the size of the control.
Required Lets you specify whether the text field must contain data before the form is submitted to the server.
Display Tag Editor Lets you edit properties not listed in the Property inspector.
Insert ColdFusion hidden fields
You can visually insert a ColdFusion hidden field into your form and set its properties. Use hidden fields to store and
submit information that the user does not enter. The information is hidden from the user.
Note: This enhancement is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later.
1 In Design view, place the insertion point inside the form outline.
2 In the CFForm category of the Insert panel, click the CF Hidden Field icon.
A marker appears in the ColdFusion form. If you don’t see the marker, select View > Visual Aids > Invisible
Elements.
3 Select the hidden field on the page and set any of the following options in the Property inspector:
Cfhiddenfield Lets you specify the unique name for the hidden field.
Value Lets you specify a value for the hidden field. The data can either be static or dynamic.