Terms With new technology and tools come many new terms and käsittees. Form objects Input field: Most forms have atleast one input field. An input field is usually meant for one word, a sentence at the most. Often the amount of characters you can type in an input field is restricted like in our example field. max. 10 characters Password field: The password field is meant for passwords and what makes it special is that you can't actually see what you are typing in. Each character you type into the password field is shown as an asterisk(*). Often the amount of characters you can type in a password field is restricted like in our example field. max. 10 characters Textbox (textarea) A textbox is for a more detailed description or a long article of some kind. The amount of characters that are read from the textbox is sometimes limited. This means that you can type in as many characters as you like, but only the specified amount will actually be read by the program that processes the form. Usually when such a limit is set, there is a small notice informing the user of exactly how many characters will be read. Usually the limits are very generous, so you rarely have to actually start counting each letter. Submit button Every form that needs processing has some kind of Submit button. This is the button you click once you're done filling out the form. Most of the time the button won't read Submit, but rather something more suiting the purpose and action. Reset button Most forms have a Reset button right next to the Submit button. The function of the reset button is to simply reset all the fields back to their original state (the state they were in when you loaded the page). Miscellaneous buttons Some forms also have buttons that alter the page in real-time. For example the button ==> moves the selected option from one field to the other. Drop-down menu A drop-down menu can work in two ways: as a navigation tool or as a list where you select a value for other purposes. Most navigation drop-down menus work so that the page you select loads up automatically. Every I-system page has two drop-down menus: Active group and Current tool. Clickew Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Option 6 Select menu A select menu is basically the same as the drop-down menu except that it has more than one visible line when it's not active. Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Option 6 radiobox checkbox Misc title Misc content © Ionstream Oy 1999-2001