Properties of Input

Id - unique identifier of the control
GridData(LMS) - control's column values for Large, Medium and Small screens. Please refer to GridData for further details
Bound Field - the Field Name that links the Control to the Data Model.
Type - selection for the type of input (e.g. Text)
Actions on Change - a place to inject a custom code or action in the event that the value changes. A common application of this is calling a Javascript Function.
Placeholder - text that will be displayed before an input has been made. A help or instruction text can be put here (e.g. instruction for the correct format)
Search Help - type of search help to be used (e.g. *SAP Search Help)
Search Definition - settings of the search help based on the type. Please refer to 2.6 Building Search Helps into your FAB App for further details
Enabled - set a boolean value or a variable with type boolean from the Model to control the enable property
Visible - set a boolean value or a variable with type boolean from the Model to control the visibility property
Description Field - this is a Bound Field that will hold the description. For example the CompanyCode search help is used, its Company Code Name parameter can be assigned to this field
Mandatory - set a boolean value or a variable with type boolean from the Model to control the mandatory property.
Advanced - properties of the control not available in the above list can be added here.

Setting Additional Properties provides further information about the Advanced property

Step-by-step guide

How to add an Input

Right click on a Form Element and select Add Input
An Input control has been added

Data Types Used:

Text - Accepts alphabets as input.
Number - Accepts negative values, decimals allowed, doesn't accept alphanumeric characters
Float - Accepts decimal characters.
Interger - Accepts negative values, decimals not allowed, accepts alphanumeric in the front end but doesn't save them in the back end.
Tel - Enables users to enter phone numbers.
Email - Enables users to enter email addresses.
Password - Enables the users to mask their passwords.

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2.11.5 Setting Additional Properties of a Control
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2.2.5 Add UI elements to the App
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2.2.5.1 Add UI elements outside of a Form Element
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2.5 Entity Set Designer for oData Service
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2.6 Building Search Helps into your FAB App

Step-by-step guide

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