Text Input Box

A Text Input Box is a single-line text entry field. It allows you to enter information that is limited to one line of text.

When a Text Input Box has a focus (highlighted) you can enter the desired text using the keyboard. To give the focus to the Text Input Box click inside the Text Input Box area. A Text Input Box with the focus has black background color while a Text Input Box without the focus has white background color. There can be only one Text Input Box in the dialog box with the focus at a time.

A Text Input Box has a text cursor, which may be positioned anywhere within existing text by clicking with the pointer or using the left and right arrows keys.

Some Text Input Boxes have default information in them, which you can either accept or change as necessary.

When removing or replacing text in a Text Input Box, the following editing keys may be used:

<Home> Moves the text cursor to the beginning of text.
<Left Arrow> Moves the text cursor to the left without changing existing text.
<Right Arrow> Moves the text cursor to the right without change existing text.
<End> Moves the text cursor to the end of text.
<Backspace> Deletes the character to the left of the text cursor, moving the text cursor and all succeeding characters to the left.
<Del> Deletes the character at the text cursor, moving all succeeding characters to the left. The text cursor remains stationary.
<Ctrl + End> Deletes characters beginning at the text cursor to the end of text. The text cursor remains stationary.
<Ctrl + C> Copies selected characters to the windows clipboard.
<Ctrl + X> Deletes selected characters and places them into the windows clip board.
<Ctrl + V> Inserts characters from the windows clipboard.
<SHIFT + INS> Displays a Select List where you can select one of characters having ASCII code >= 128.
<Alt+F9> Opens a Notebook database or a Select List connected to this Text Input Box.

Note: You must press <ENTER> to register the information in the Text Input Box.

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