Text

Text controls are ideal for capturing any type of content - from short comments/notes to lengthy narratives.

Data type: string

Adding a Text control

1. Edit your sheet 2. Click on the Qommentary Form extension 3. Expand Input fields section 4. Click on Add input field

5. Select Text from the dropdown menu

6. Add a label to display in the form

7. Add a field name

If database is selected as data connection, then field name must map to destination table column name.

Field name cannot contain spaces.

8. Click on Done

Text input field can now be updated and saved.

Enabling multi-line text

By default, the Text control displays values in a single line. When multi-line is enabled, users have a larger area to compose their narrative text before saving.

To enable multi-line text, please follow these steps:

1. Edit your sheet 2. Click on the Qommentary Form extension 3. Expand Input fields section and Text control 4. Locate the Text format property

5. Click on Multi-line button

6. Drag and drop the slider handle to set the desired number of text lines to display in the textarea

Setting a max limit

If you wish to set a limit to the maximum amount of characters that can be typed, please follow these steps:

1. Edit your sheet 2. Click on the Qommentary Form extension 3. Expand Input fields section and Text control 4. Locate the Max characters property

5. Change the max characters to your desired limit