Text Box

The following is an example of a basic text box:

Text Box

If the text box is a large field, the text box may be configured to enable scrolling. In this situation, an expanded edit icon, (a pencil), will appear adjacent to it.

Text Box Scrolling

Additional capabilities are provided to display and edit data in these text boxes:

  • If the field contains more text than is visible, a pop-up that displays the full text appears when you hover your mouse over the text box. The text in the pop-up can be selected and copied.

Text Mouse Over

  • If you click the expanded edit icon, an editable pop-up window appears. If the field is not protected as a result of business rules for the page, you may modify the text in this window.

Text Box Edit

Note: The following table highlights special characters that are converted to equivalent standard characters when entered in a text box.
Entered Character Description Unicode Converted Character Description
Curly left double quote.

U+201D

Straight double quote.
Curly right double quote.

U+201C

Straight double quote.
Curly left single quote.

U+2019

Straight single quote.
Curly right single quote.

U+2018

Straight single quote.
En dash.

U+2013

Simple hyphen.
Em dash.

U+2014

Simple hyphen.
Ellipse

U+2026

Three dots.
Middle dot (bullet / centered dot)

U+00B7

Asterisk.
Fraction 1/4 (using 1 character).

U+00BC

1/4 (using three separate characters).
Fraction 1/2 (using 1 character).

U+00BD

1/2 (using three separate characters).
Fraction 3/4 (using 1 character).

U+00BE

3/4 (using three separate characters).