Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 - Manual (Page 594)

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.
Class Applies Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rules to the object.
Single radio button object options
Checked Value Sets the value to be sent to the server when the radio button is selected. For example, you might type skiing in the Checked
Value box to indicate a user chose skiing.
Initial State Determines whether the radio button is selected when the form loads in the browser.
Dynamic Lets the server dynamically determine the initial state of the radio button. For example, you can use radio buttons to visually present
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
checks the radio button if the value matches one you specified.
Class Applies CSS rules to the object.
Menu options
List/Menu Assigns a name to the menu. The name must be unique.
Type Indicates whether the menu drops down when clicked (the Menu option) or displays a scrollable list of items (the List option). Select the
Menu option if you want only one option to be visible when the form is displayed in a browser. To display the other choices, the user must click the
down arrow.
Select the List option to list some or all the options when the form is displayed in a browser, to let users select multiple items.
Height (List type only) Sets the number of items displayed in the menu.
Selections (List type only) Indicates whether the user can select multiple items from the list.
List Values Opens a dialog box that lets you add the items to a form menu:
1. Use the Plus (+) and Minus (–) buttons to add and remove items in the list.
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