A text field is used to collect information that a user submits by typing text into it.
To make a text field: Dreamweaver
1. Put your cursor where you want it in the document window.
2. Select Insert>form object>textfield
from the main menu.
Or click on the form button in the object panel: form section:
3. In the Properties panel:
-give it a name
-choose character width or maximum character (the number of characters) if necessary.
-select if it is single line, multiline, or a password (*****) field.
-select wrap options if it is multiliine
-enter in an initial value if you want it to start with a visible value
note* if you choose to make a multiline text field
max characters will be changed to num lines (or number of lines)
In HTML
Typing it in.
ex.
To get the above put
this into the <body> section of your html:
<form method="post" action="http://www.cookwood.com/cgi-bin/display_results.pl">
multiline:
<textarea name="wrap">I like glue.</textarea>
<br />
single line:
<input type="text" name="food" value="bananans and
oranges" size="30" maxlength="10" />
password:
<input type="password" name="password"
size="20" maxlength="6" />
</form>