Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.
Panel
borderColorgreen
borderWidth1
titleBGColor#ddffcc
borderStylesolid
titleDefinition

Text Area

...

 is one of the generic HTML Form input elements. Unlike Text Field, Text Area has multi-row like interface interface for user to type in more information.

Panel
borderColorpurple
borderWidth1
titleBGColor#ddccff
borderStylesolid
titleNew Feature

This feature is enhanced in Joget Workflow v6 to support placeholder.


Figure 1: Sample Text Area

...

NameDescription
IDElement ID (By declaring as "justification", a corresponding database table column "c_justification" will be created)
LabelElement Label to be displayed to end user.

 

Figure 3: Text Area Properties - Advanced Options

NameDescription
Value

Default Value when there's no existing value found.

Hash variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following

Code Block
#currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName#

to pre-populate the field with current logged in user's name.

Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value.

Info
titleWhen will validation takes place?

Validation will takes place whenever form is submitted, except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

Placeholder
Info
titleNew Feature

New Feature added in Joget Workflow v6

The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format). The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value.

ColsColumn size.
RowsRow size.
Readonly

Determines if the element is editable.

Display field as Label when readonly?

Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".

Workflow Variable

If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here.

Info
titleUsing a non-existent Workflow Variable name

You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable.

Code Block
context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed