ptcs-textfield¶

Visual¶

Overview¶

<ptcs-textfield> is an input box that can be customized to fit your application.

Usage Examples¶

Basic Usage¶

<ptcs-textfield label="First name" hint-text="Enter first name"></ptcs-textfield>

Shows an input box with a label and a hint text.

With validation¶

<ptcs-textfield label="Length in centimeter" mask="numeric" >
</ptcs-textfield>

Shows an input box that allows only a specific pattern.

With a search icon¶

<ptcs-textfield icon label="Search Bar" hint="Search">
</ptcs-textfield>

Component API¶

Properties¶

Property	Type	Description	Default	Triggers a changed event?
counter	Boolean	Adds a characters counter at the end of the field		No
disabled	Boolean	Disables the component	false	No
hasText	Boolean	A read-only property that indicates whether the text has a non-empty value.		No
hintText	String	The hint text to show for an empty text field	""	No
icon	String	Specifies the icon with an icon set	""	No
iconSet	String	A URL to an SVG icon set from which to select an icon (identified via `icon`)		No
label	String	The label that is shown for the text field	""	No
labelAlignment	String	Aligns the label to the right, left, or center.	"left"	No
mask	String	Specifies the mask of the following format: a-alpha, 9-numeric, *-alphanumeric	""	No
maxNumberOfCharacters	Number	Allows only specified amount of characters.	1000000	No
password	Boolean	If true, characters are masked	false	No
readOnly	Boolean	This attribute indicates that the user cannot modify the value of the control	false	No
showClearText	Boolean	Deprecated. Adds a clear-text button at the end of the field		No
hideClearText	Boolean	Hides the clear-text button at the end of the field	false	No
text	String	The initial value of the control. Supports two-way data binding	""	Yes
textAlignment	String	Sets the text alignment to left or right.	"left"	No
tooltip	String	The tooltip that appears when hovering over the text field, or when it has keyboard focus	""	No
tooltipIcon	String	The icon for the tooltip	""	No
iconWidth	String	Sets a fixed width for the icon (both iconWidth and iconHeight should be set, otherwise the icon default size is set)		No
iconHeight	String	Sets a fixed height for the icon (both iconWidth and iconHeight should be set, otherwise the icon default size is set)		No
validity	String	Returns the value of validation: "undefined", "unverified", "invalid" or "valid"		No
extraValidation	Function	Custom client validation function. This is invoked with the text component itself as parameter, so that it can use any ptcs-textfield property for custom validation. Can return `true` (= valid), `false` (= invalid), or `undefined` (ignore validation)		No
externalValidity	String	Controls the state of the validation. You can set this property to unvalidated, valid, or invalid.		No
hideValidationCriteria	Boolean	Don't show validation criteria in unvalidated state?		No
hideValidationError	Boolean	Don't show validation error state?		No
hideValidationSuccess	Boolean	Don't show validation success state?		No
required	Boolean	Validation criterion: Need to enter text		No
requiredMessage	String	The message that is displayed when no text is entered.	"A value is required"	No
minLength	Number	Validation criterion: minimum text length		No
minLengthFailureMessage	String	The message to display when the value is invalid because of min length		No
maxLength	Number	Validation criterion: maximum text length		No
maxLengthFailureMessage	String	The message to display when the current value exceeds the maximum character length.		No
validationCriteria	String	The validation details message		No
validationCriteriaIcon	String	Icon for criteria state (unvalidated).	"cds:icon_info"	No
validationErrorIcon	String	Icon for error state (invalid).	"cds:icon_error"	No
validationMessage	String	The validation (title) message		No
validationSuccessDetails	String	The validation success details message		No
validationSuccessIcon	String	Icon for success state (valid).	"cds:icon_success"	No
validationSuccessMessage	String	The validation success (title) message.	"Success"	No

Events¶

Name	Data	Description
text-changed	{ text }	Triggered when the text changes

Methods¶

Name	Description
isTruncated	Boolean function which returns true when the textfield text has been truncated because of size constraints

Styling¶

Parts¶

Part	Description
root	The text field parent element
label	The label element
text-box	The element that wraps icon, hint-text, mask, text-value, clear-button, and counter
icon	The icon element inside the text-box element
mask	The mask element inside the text-box element (underline placeholder)
hint-text	The hint text value inside the text-box element
text-value	The text value element inside the text-box element
clear-button	The clear button inside the text-box element
counter	The characters counter element inside the text-box element

State attributes¶

Attribute	Description	Part
counter	Set to a text field with a characters counter	:host
disabled	Set to a disabled text field	:host, text-value
hintText	Set hint-text value to be presented on text-box	:host, hint-text
icon	Set a text field with an icon	:host, text-box
label	Set label value	:host, label
labelAlignment	Set text alignment in label part	:host, label
mask	Set a text field with a specified mask	:host, text-value
maxNumberOfCharacters	Set maximum number of characters to be entered in text-value	:host, text-value
password	Set to a password mode field	:host, text-value
readOnly	Set to a read-only and non-editable text area	:host, text-value
showClearText	Set to a text field with a clear button	:host, clear-button
textAlignment	Set text alignment of text-value input	:host, text-value
pattern	String	Validation criterion: Regular expression. Field is valid only if the text matches this pattern rule