Form Text Input

This component enables you to add an interactive text input field with a prefilled value into your PDF document.

Configuration

Click on the Form dropdown and select the Text field item in the editor's toolbar. A configuration window will appear. Once confirmed, the Form Text field will be placed at the cursor's location.

Name

Technical name for the field in the PDF Form document. It should be unique within the document.

Data (expression)

Define a simple text field name or formula using the expression language to be evaluated and printed into the document.

Examples:
Surname – single field expression to put the surname in place
num(Amount, 0, 2) + " €" – expression to print the Amount with 2 decimal places and a trailing euro sign

Size

Number specifying the size (width) of the input box. The default value is 20.

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