Field groupings in WebForms Designer
WebForms Designer displays a number of toolbox tabs on the left hand side. Each toolbox tab represents a grouping of fields. The following image shows the Toolbox in WebForms Designer:
The Form Schema of a form determines which groupings of fields (toolbox tabs) WebForms Designer displays, and which fields appear in which groupings. A form based on the default Form Schema defines the following groupings:
- Default Fields
- Basic Fields
- Sample Fields
The following sections list the default groupings and the Fields contained in each.
- Basic fields
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Basic fields are the most basic type of field. WebForms provides the following types of basic fields:
- Input Text
- Input Number
- Input Select
- Input Drop-Down
- Basic Fields with a label
By default, Basic Fields cannot be added to a form on their own. Basic fields allow you to place multiple fields side-by-side. By default, WebForms Designer users can only add Basic Fields to a specific type of Field Group: Basic Fields with a Label. This Field Group allows users to assign a label to a series of basic fields. A good example of this type of field is a group of four four-digit number fields labeled 'Credit Card Number'.
- Default Fields
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In general, Form Fields contain a label and a basic field. WebForms provides the following types of Form Fields:
- Input Hidden (note: this Field has no label)
- Text Box
- Drop-Down List
- Single Select Box
- Multi Select Box
- CheckBoxes
- Number Box
- Date
- Date with Calendar
- Radio Buttons
- File Upload
- Separator
- Read-Only Form Text
- Summary Field
- Image
- Signature
- Field Group with a label
- Field Group with a header
Users can add Form Fields directly to a form or to some types of Field Groups. Field Group with a Header consists of form fields and a header. This type of Field Group can also contain other Field Groups.
Field Group with a Label consists of form fields and a label. This type of Field Group can also contain other Field Groups.
- Sample Fields
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Along with the standard fields, WebForms also provides a few sample fields which show some customizations that can be made.
- Address
- A Compound Field that consists of multiple fields to record address information.
- Dynamic drop-down
- A drop down list that can be populated using an external data source.
- Password
- A field for entering a password (input is hidden), to be used when a user logs on to a secure part of the Web site.
- Password Registration
- A double field for entering and confirming a password (input is hidden), to be used when the visitor initially sets a password.