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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
errorThreshold String Lets users set error threshold above which the error should be shown. It can be set in percentage (for example, 43%) as well as numberOfCharacters (for example, 43). 0.9 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. Text is in event.detail.value
clear-text Triggered when user clicks the clear button after text is cleared out

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