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Where can I enter "Size" and "Max length" in V6 form text fields?

Thank you

Tried this suggestion, but it does not work here Max!

Hi Kees,

It will set the property but the field width will not change, it can change using the class only.

Best regards,
Max

Ah, but changing class is not what I would like

Hi Admins,
to set the width of a text-field seems to be a very secret science. It is not documented nor intuitive.
My Question: How to set a Field to a certain width ??
With the parameters
maxlength:50
size:10
the lenght of the field doesn't change, it is alwas the complete width of the website and only the input lenght is limited. Looks not very professionell.
So, can somebody explain me how to set field-lenght and input-lenght?
In V5 it was much easier to set these parameters.

best regards
msc

Hi msc,

First the maxlength attribute does nothing about the look of the form - it just sets the maximum number of characters that can be entered. If you need to set it then you can do that in the Extra attributes box of the element.

The size attribute was once used to set the visible size of a form element but is now rather out of date - it is more usual to set that using CSS

If you want to use size then you need to add a line of CSS to over-ride the default CSS. To see this add these to the Extra attributes box

maxlength:50
size:10
style:width:auto

Bob

Hi Bob

To make it a bit more confusing Bob

maxlength: 50>>I understand
size:10>>why is it still in?? as it is not used anymore

I'm also struggling with the label sizes, the input area's (eg I don't want rounded coreners, I don't like teh margein etc)

I would appreciate to go to the ols V4./V5 settings

Kees

Hi Bob,
thank you for your support, but I decided to go back to V5. Without any documentation for V6 it takes me too long to find out all the hidden instructions.

Best Regards
MSC

Hi MSC,

The latest update released today adds a new feature to control the fields width, beside other features which are not available in v5, hopefully more documentation will be available for v6 soon.

Best regards,
Max

I can't find fields width control. Could you please post here a printscreen?

It's under the advanced tab. But I highly recommend NOT using it because it doesn't work very well on mobile. Instead, under "container class" use a Semantic-UI class like
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field six wide

Make sure your form is in advanced mode for this to work!