Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 630)

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Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
Last updated 6/3/2015
the Char Width is set to 20 (the default value) and a user enters 100 characters, only 20 of those characters will be
viewable in the text field. Although you cannot view the characters in the field, they are recognized by the field object
and are sent to the server for processing.
Max Chars Specifies the maximum number of characters that the user can enter in the field for single-line text fields.
Use Max Chars to limit zip codes to 5 digits, limit passwords to 10 characters, and so on. If you leave the Max Chars
box blank, users can enter any amount of text. If the text exceeds the character width of the field the text will scroll. If
a user exceeds the maximum number of characters, the form produces an alert sound.
Num Lines (Available when the Multiline option is selected) Sets the height of the field for multiple-line text fields.
Disabled Disables the text area.
Read-only Makes the text area a read-only text area.
Type Designates the field as a single-line, multiple-line, or password field.
Single-line Results in an input tag with its type attribute set to text. The Char Width setting maps to the size attribute,
and the Max Chars setting maps to the maxlength attribute.
Multi-line Results in a textarea tag. The Char Width setting maps to the cols attribute, and the Num Lines setting maps
to the rows attribute.
Password Results in an input tag with its type attribute set to password. The Char Width and Max Chars settings map
to the same attributes as in single-line text fields. When a user types in a password text field, the input appears as bullets
or asterisks to protect it from observation by others.
Init val Assigns the value displayed in the field when the form first loads. For example, you might indicate that the user
enters information in the field by including a note or example value.
Class Lets you apply CSS rules to the object.
Button object options
Button Name Assigns a name to the button. Two reserved names, Submit and Reset, tell the form to submit the form
data to the processing application or script, or to reset all the form fields to their original values, respectively.
Value Determines the text that appears on the button.
Action Determines what happens when the button is clicked.
Submit Form Submits the form data for processing when the user clicks the button. The data is submitted to the page
or script specified in the form’s Action property.
Reset Form Clears the contents of the form when the button is clicked.
None Specifies the action to be performed when the button is clicked. For example, you can add a JavaScript behavior
that opens another page when the user clicks the button.
Class Applies CSS rules to the object.
Check Box object options
Checked Value Sets the value to be sent to the server when the check box is checked. For example, in a survey you might
set a value of 4 for strongly agree and a value of 1 for strongly disagree.
Initial State Determines whether the check box is selected when the form loads in the browser.
Dynamic Lets the server dynamically determine the initial state of the check box. For example, you can use check boxes
to visually present the Yes/No information stored in a database record. At design time, you don’t know that information.
At run time the server reads the database record and selects the check box if the value is Yes.