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The TextField graphic is a Basic Layout text field graphic used to display or enter text values.

TextField is useful when an application needs a single-line text field for user input, displayed values, status text, or runtime text updates.

TextField shares common properties with other Basic Layout text field graphics. See Text Field Common Properties for shared font, color, editable, enabled, background, visibility, and data source behavior.

• Displaying text values
• Entering text values
• Showing status text
• Displaying string values from a data source
• Sending text values into application logic
• Showing a single-line editable field

The TextField display can be updated from an input connection.

This can be useful when the TextField needs to show a string value, message, or updated text from another source.

TextField can provide an output value through its PrimaryOutPort.

This allows the entered or displayed text value to be used by other logic components.

TextField is designed for single-line text display or text entry.

TextField-specific settings may include:

• Cursor Color Sets the cursor color.
• Formatter Controls how the displayed value is formatted, if supported.
• Horizontal Alignment Controls how the text is aligned inside the field.
• Selected Text Color Sets the selected text color.
• Selection Color Sets the background color used for selected text.
• Editable Controls whether the user can edit the text field.
• Ignore Focus Lost Controls whether the TextField ignores focus lost behavior, if supported.
• Additional CSS Class Adds an additional CSS class, if supported.

In the Logic Editor, TextField may include ports such as:

• PrimaryOutPort
• updateDisplayedValue

The exact available ports may depend on the current MIStudio version and configuration.

Use TextField for single-line text display or entry.

For longer or multi-line text, see TextArea.

For decimal numeric values, see DoubleTextField.

For whole-number values, see IntegerTextField.

For shared text field settings, see Text Field Common Properties.

• Text Fields
• Text Field Common Properties
• TextArea
• DoubleTextField
• IntegerTextField
• Basic Layout Graphics
• Active Graphic