Text Box

The text box control is a rectangular box allowing the user to type text or numeric data.

Use the text box control to view, enter, or update information. The text box control allows the entry of alphabetic, numeric, and/or special characters depending on the restrictions of the particular control. Special characters include items such as: period (.), comma (,), pound sign (#), dash (-), forward slash (/), ampersand (&), apostrophe ('), etc. Some or all of these characters may be disallowed from entry in the text box control. The number of characters that can be entered in the text box control are limited; the exact character limitation varies by control. Character limitations and other restrictions are documented in the description of the specific control.