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Overview

A Text Area Field is a basic input element in user interfaces where users can enter text data. It is commonly used in forms, search bars, and other areas requiring user input.

Text Fields can vary in length and may include features like placeholders, character limits, and validation rules to guide users and ensure the correct type of information is entered..

Attributes of Text Area field

Basic:

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Attribute Name

Description

Component Size

  • This allows users to modify the size of a specific component according to the grid size of layout.

For example,
If the layout grid size is 3 then layout is divided into 3 sections then you can changes the components size between 1 to 3.

Display as

Display As allows you to select data type options to define how the field will be display.

For example, if you have a text field and choose to display it as a picklist, the data will be stored as text but displayed as a picklist.

Label

A Label is the name shown to users and can come from various sources.

Reference: Label Source Type

Place holder

This is a hint or example text displayed in an input field before the user enters their own data.

Type

Here you can choose different field types.

Reference: Field Type.

Dest Types

This attribute specifies whether the user wants to store a value in a variable or a model.
Variable: If you choose the variable option, you can select the variable where you want to save the field's value. You can bind this variable's value to the component by creating the appropriate variable.

Model: Here, the user can select the model and specify the field where the value will be stored.

Dest Var

Here you can choose the variable option from variable list.

Note: This appears when you select "Variable" in the Dest Type.

Dest Model

Here you can choose the model from list. or it provide option for new model creation.

Note: This appears when you select "Model" in the Dest Type.

Reference: How to Create a Record Type Model

Base UI:

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Attribute Name

Description

Margin Location

"Margin Location" refers to the spacing around the outside edge of an element

Margin Size

"Margin Size" refers to the amount of space around the outside edges of an element,

Style

  • It is used to apply custom styles to section, such as color, font, size, and more.

  • It allows you to define the appearance of a component by specifying CSS properties directly within the attribute.

Classes

  • It is used to apply SLDS classes to section, if needed.

Resize checkbox

Here user can resize the height of field.

Hide Space

After marking this checkbox as true, it will crop the extra corners of the fields.

UI State:

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Visibility Type:

Attribute Name

Description

Visibility Type

It determines whether a component is visible on the layout. It offers the following visibility types:

  1. Always: The component will always be visible.

  2. Conditional: The component's visibility is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either visible or hidden as needed.
    You can explore more about Visibility Type here.

Reference: Conditional Visibility

Read Only:

Attribute Name

Description

Read Only Type

It specifies whether a component can be edited by users. It offers the following options:

  1. Never: The component will always be editable at any time.

  2. Always: The component will never be editable.

  3. Conditional: The component's editability is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either editable or read only as needed.
    You can explore more about Read Only Type here.

Reference: Read Only

Disability Type:

Attribute Name

Description

Disability Type

It determines whether a component is disable on the layout. It offers the following visibility types:

  1. Never: There is no disable option for this component

  2. Always: The component will always be visible.

  3. Conditional: The component's visibility is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either visible or hidden as needed.
    You can explore more about Disability Type here

Reference: Conditional Disability

Validation:

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Attribute Name

Description

Required Type

Here, users can apply validation based on filter conditions.

  1. Never: This field is never required.

  2. Always: This field is always required..

  3. Conditional: The required field is determined based on specific criteria of And, OR condition

Required Error

Enter the error message you want to display for required fields.

Min

Set the minimum number of characters required for the input field.

Min Length Error Message

Enter the error message to display if the input does not meet the required minimum length.

Max

Set the maximum number of characters allowed for the input field.

Max Length Error Message

Enter the error message to display if the input exceeds the maximum allowed length.

Visibility:

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Attribute Name

Description

Column

Row

Direction

UI:

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Attribute Name

Description

Layout

Is Copy Enabled checkbox

After marking the checkbox as true, a copy icon will appear beside the name field.

Help Text

Provides additional guidance or information about a field or element to assist users in understanding how to complete it or what data is expected.

Resize

Label Source Type:

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Attribute

Description

Model (Salesforce Object)

From this source, users can select a Model (Salesforce Object) field to be displayed as the label name.

Variable

Here, users can select the label name from variables such as Record ID, Is Disabled, Is Read only, or Is Visible.

Cookie Key

Choose the available cookie key whose value you want to include from your browser.

Local Storage Key

Select the available Local Storage Key whose value you want to include from your browser.

User

Here, you can choose the label from user fields such as First Name, Last Name, Email, Name, Phone, or Session ID.

Merge Field Expression

Merge Field Expression displays the value selected from the chosen value source.

Message Body

Inside the message body, user also can add the values manually.

Conditional Visibility Type:

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Attributes Name

Description

Destination Type

Users can select the destination type where the visibility criteria must be applied.

Reference: Destination Type

Operator

Here, users can select different operators to add filters.

Reference: Filter Operator.

Source Type

Here, you can select the source type from various sources.

Value

Here user can select the value from different Source Type.

Reference: Merge Text

Destination Type

Destination Type

Description

Model

From this source, users can select a Model field to be displayed as the destination type.

Variable

Here, users can select the destination type from variables such as Record ID, Is Disabled, Is Read only, or Is Visible.

User

Here, you can choose the label from user fields such as First Name, Last Name, Email, Name, Phone, or Session ID.

Record

It enables to choose record fields as destination type.

Device

It enables user to decide whether the action will be visible on the specific device type or not. Devices supported:

  1. Mobile

  2. Desktop

  3. Tablet

Conditional Disability Type:

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Attributes Name

Description

Destination Type

Users can select the destination type from various sources.

Reference: Destination Type

Operator

Here, users can select different operators to add filters.

Reference: Filter Operator.

Source Type

Here, you can select the source type from various sources.
Reference: Available Sources.

Value

Here user can select the value from different Source Type.

Reference: Merge Text

Conditional Read Only:

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Attribute Name

Description

Read Only Type

It specifies whether a component can be edited by users. It offers the following options:

  1. Never: The component will always be editable at any time.

  2. Always: The component will never be editable.

  3. Conditional: The component's editability is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either editable or read only as needed.

Add Condition & Group Condition

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Condition

Description

Add Condition

  • The Add Condition feature allows users to define multiple criteria that must be met for a validation rule to trigger.

  • This feature is used to create complex logic by combining different conditions that Salesforce evaluates before allowing a record to be saved.

Add Group Condition

  • The Add Group Condition feature allows users to group multiple conditions together, creating complex logic that involves different sets of criteria.

  • This feature is particularly useful when combining conditions that should be evaluated as a unit (logical OR within a group) or when nesting conditions for more advanced logic.

Filter Operator:

Note: Before using the filter criteria, it's important to understand which filter operators are supported for each field type

Filters Attributes:

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Filter Operators

Operator

Supported Field Types

Description

Equal

Number, Currency, Date, Text, Boolean, Picklist

The equal operator is used to compare two values or expressions. It is used to compare numbers, strings, Boolean values, variables, objects, etc. The result is TRUE if the expressions are equal otherwise it’s FALSE

Contains

Text, Picklist

The contains operator returns TRUE if the value on the left contains the value on the right, and otherwise FALSE

Starts With

Text, Picklist

It returns TRUE if a string or number starts with the specified character otherwise it returns FALSE.

Ends With

Text, Picklist

It returns TRUE if a string or number ends with the specified character otherwise it returns FALSE

In

Text, Picklist

IN operator allows you to easily test if the expression matches any value in the list of values. Determines whether the value of an expression is equal to any of several values in a specified list.

Events:

  • Events are essentially the automation of invoking the component's actions.

  • Here, we have onload event, click, double click actions are available for this components.

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Icon Events

Description

onload

This event action is triggered when the Field component is loaded.

change

This event action is triggered when the field is changed..

blur

This event action is triggered when the field is unfocused.

Below here is the onload event workflow action.

Note: Similarly you can create event action for change event and blur.

on Load Event:

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In the image below, you can select the created workflows.

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Note: You need to create a workflow for selecting from this list.

For more information about Workflow check this out.

Reference: Workflow

onload Events:

  • We have an onload event that runs when the component is loaded

For example, when a form is loaded, you can choose fields to be prepopulated by mapping field values using input mapping at the time the form component is loaded.

Input Mapping

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Input Mapping: "Whenever an event is triggered and you want to pass data to destinations such as models, variables, or components, you can use input mapping to achieve that.

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