Textbox

General

• Hint text - The help text to be displayed at runtime.
• Default text - The default content to be displayed at runtime.
• Tooltip - Tooltip to be displayed on the text area. Use this to provide additional information on the control.
• Label - The display text of the control.
• Required - If true, app users must provide data in the control. To mark the control as mandatory at runtime, an asterisk * is added after the label text.
• Min length - The minimum number of characters users need to input.
• Max length - The maximum number of characters users need to input.
• Pattern (Regex) - The Regex expression used to validate different input patterns. Use forward slashes / / to wrap the Regex expression, for example /{REGEX}/. If an invalid Regex is provided, no validations are performed at runtime. Check the following examples for valid Regex expressions:

  Regex expression	What is validates
  /\d/	Text should contain digits
  /^\d*$/	Text should be only digits
  /\w/	Text should contain word characters (It always matches the ASCII characters [A-Za-z0-9_])
  /[A-G]/	Text should contain characters from A to G
  /^C\d{7}$/	Text should start with letter C followed by 7 numeric characters.
  /^.{6,10}$/	Text should be between 6 and 10 .
  /[A-H0-5_@?]/	Text contains only characters from A to H, 0 to 5, _, @, and ?
  /^4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?$/	Text is a credit card number from Visa.
  /^3[47][0-9]{13}$/	Text is a credit card number from American Express.
  /^5[1-5][0-9]{14}|^(222[1-9]|22[3-9]\\d|2[3-6]\\d{2}|27[0-1]\\d|2720)[0-9]{12}$/	Text is a credit card number from MasterCard.
  /^([+]?\d{1,2}[-\s]?|)\d{3}[-\s]?\d{3}[-\s]?\d{4}$/	Text is a phone number with optional country code, optional special characters and whitespace.
  /^(0[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])\/(0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/(\d{4})$/	Text is a valid birthdate in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

• Custom error message - The text to be displayed if the Required property is set to true and the control is left empty.
• Hidden- If true, hides the control at runtime.
• Disabled - If true, disables the control at runtime.

Events

• Value changed - Configure what happens when the text is changed.

Style

• Control Alignment - By default, inherits the parent alignment. A different alignment other than the parent can be set. To default back to the parent alignment, deselect the overridden options.

  Note: The alignment is dependent on the layout selected for the parent (Vertical vs Horizontal).
• Label Placement - By default, the label is set to be displayed on top of the control, at the left side. You can place it to the left of the control, on the same line. The Label Width property configures how wide the label should be, and the Space between property sets the distance between the label and the control.
• Background color - The background color of the control.

• Font - The font attributes for the label and the input text, such as font family, size, color, or style (Bold, Italic and Underline). By default, the control inherits the font family of the immediate parent container which is indicated by the keyword "Inherited".

• Margin - The margin of the control. By default, a margin of 4px is set. Top/Bottom and Left/Right margin properties are combined. These properties can be detached using the Link button at the right side of the Margin section.
• Size - The width and height of the control. By default, the size is set to auto. To set minimum or maximum values, click the three dot icon (...). If the size of the control is smaller than the options, a scroll bar is displayed.

VB properties

VB property	Data type	Description
AllowDomain	List(Of String)	-
BlockDomain	List(Of String)	-
Disabled	Boolean	If true, disables the control at runtime.
Hidden	Boolean	If true, hides the control at runtime.
HintText	String	The help text to be displayed at runtime.
IsValid	Boolean	Gets the validation status.
Label	String	Accompanied Label with the text.
MinLength	Integer	Minimum characters text length that should be present in the value.
MaxLength	Integer	Maximum characters text length that should be present in the value.
PatternRegex	String	Get the pattern regex provided in General properties.
Required	Boolean	If true , the field cannot be empty.
Tooltip	String	Gets tooltip string.
Type	String	-
Value	String	Accesses the value inside the field.

Demos

Textbox: discovering specific properties

Introduction

This app shows how to leverage the properties of a Textbox control.

Demo app - try it yourself

Download demo app from GitHub

Preview demo app in cloud

Demo app - instructions to use

1. In UiPath^® Apps, create a new app and import the downloaded demo app.
2. Preview the app to interact with the properties of the Textbox control.