Text Box

The following is an example of a basic text box:

Description text box empty field.

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 with a vertical scroll bar.

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 box with scroll bar.

  • 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.

Empty text Box in Edit data window.

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).