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Introduction to Text Fields

Contents:

Who Should read This Document
Organization of This Document
See Also

Text Fields discusses the two types of text fields: regular and secure. A regular text field is a control that displays text that the user can select or edit. A secure text field lets the user enter secure data, like a password, so that others can’t see it.

Who Should read This Document

You should read this document if you need to understand what text fields do and which classes implement them.

Organization of This Document

This document contains the following articles:

• “About Text Fields” gives basic information on text fields.

• “About Secure Text Fields” gives basic information on secure text fields.

See Also

For more information related to text fields, refer to the following documents:

• “Text Fields, Text Views, and the Field Editor” provides basic descriptions of these important text objects.

• “Using Keyboard Interface Control in Windows” describes how to set up text fields so the user can shift focus one to the next by pressing the Tab key.

• “Using the Window’s Field Editor” describes the field editor, which is shared by all the text fields in a window, and which handles the editing of text in the field.

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