textFieldTag()

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textFieldTag() — returns string

Available in: controller Category: Form Tag Functions

Description

Builds and returns a string containing a text field form control based on the supplied name. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	yes	—	Name to populate in tag’s name attribute.
value	string	no	—	Value to populate in tag’s value attribute.
label	string	no	—	The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacement	string	no	around	Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prepend	string	no	—	String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append	string	no	—	String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel	string	no	—	String to prepend to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel	string	no	—	String to append to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
type	string	no	text	Input type attribute. Common examples in HTML5 and later are text (default), email, tel, and url.
encode	any	no	true	When set to true, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to attributes to only encode attribute values and not tag content.

Examples

<!--- Basic usage usually involves a `label`, `name`, and `value` --->
#textFieldTag(label="Search", name="q", value=params.q)#