12.2.1. TextBox

Last page update: November 23, 2011

Note

TextBox features:

• Type: Dojo-improved widget
• Common attributes: check the common attributes section

• definition
• description
• attributes
• Examples: simple example

12.2.1.1. definition

textbox([**kwargs])

12.2.1.2. description

Textbox is used to insert a text

12.2.1.3. attributes

textbox attributes:

• constraints: TBC TODO
• invalidMessage: tooltip text that appears when the content of the textbox is invalid
• promptMessage: tooltip text that appears when the textbox is empty and on focus
• required: define if the field is a required field or not. Default value is False
• regExp: regular expression pattern to be used for validation. If this is used, don’t use regExpGen
• regExpGen: TBC. If this is used, do not use regExp ???. Default value is None
• tooltipPosition: define where Tooltip will appear. Default value is right

12.2.1.4. Examples

12.2.1.4.1. simple example

Let’s see a code example:

class GnrCustomWebPage(object):
    def main(self,root,**kwargs):
        root.div("Some simple textboxes.",font_size='.9em',text_align='justify')
        fb = root.formbuilder(datapath='test1',cols=2)
        fb.textbox(value='^.name',lbl='Name')
        fb.textbox(value='^.surname',lbl='Surname')
        fb.textbox(value='^.address',lbl='Address')
        fb.textbox(value='^.email',lbl='e-mail')