id

The identifier for the widget.

dataName

The name of the data element to which the widget is bound. This property is not mandatory. When there is no data need to be sent to the server, this property can be left blank.

isMandatory

Specifies whether a user is required to enter a value in the text box.

visibility

The visibility property defines how a widget is displayed on a GUI. The following values can be specified for this property:

disabled

Disabled elements cannot have focus; do not receive or fire mouse events; and cannot receive user input. If you set this property to true, the widget is displayed on a GUI, but a user cannot interact with it. Data contained in a disabled widget is not processed when the form is submitted. The default value is false.

readOnly

To prevent a user from changing the value, set readOnly to true. The default value is false.

shortcut

Shortcut is a single character from the document character set. Pressing a shortcut assigned to a widget together with hot key of browser gives focus to the widget. Different widget may have different action when it receives focus. For example, when user activates a TextBox, this TextBox is focused and all texts are selected; when user activates a button, this button is focused and selected. The toolkit supports a shortcut function based on standard HTML access key and browser capability. That's mean the shortcut character and the hot key may be different in different browsers. For more information about HTML access keys, see:

Action for Text is: Focus widget and select all text

Shortcut character: a-z 0-9 , . / ; ’ [ ]  = -

Hot key

Firefox: Shift + Alt + shortcut

IE: Alt + shortcut

Sample

Input on UDTT tooling: a

Usage on IE: Pressing Alt + a

To access DateTextBox elements through keyboard, see Keyboard access of DateTextbox.

hint

A description of the widget that is displayed as a tooltip for a user. This property has multilingual support.

password

If the password property is set to true, the string of text that is entered by a user in the Text widget is considered as a password and the actual value of the content is not displayed to ensure the security of the password.

styleClass

The styleClass property specifies the name of the CSS style ( also known as CSS style class) associated with the widget. This property is set by selecting a style from the CSS styles table in the Style tab of the Properties view. If you do not configure the styleClass property, the default style is used instead. For more detailed information, refer to Setting CSS style to widgets.

width

The width property specifies the width of the widget. This property is set in the Appearance tab of the Properties view.

height

The height property specifies the height of the widget. This property is set in the Appearance tab of the Properties view.