cfformitem

Inserts a horizontal line, a vertical line, a spacer,
or text in a Flash form. Used in the cfform or cfformgroup
tag body for Flash and XML forms. Ignored in HTML forms.

  <cfformitem type="html">

 cfformitem(type="html");

This tag requires Adobe ColdFusion 7 and up.  Not supported on Lucee, etc.

Attribute Reference

type string
Required

Form item type. See docs for more details.
Values:
  • html
  • text
  • script
  • spacer
  • hrule
  • vrule

style string

Flash: Must be a style specification in CSS format.
Ignored if the type attribute is HTML or text.
XML: ColdFusion passes the style attribute to the XML.
ColdFusion skins include the style attribute to the
generated HTML.

width numeric

Width of the item, in pixels. If you omit this attribute, Flash
automatically sizes the width. In ColdFusion XSL skins,
use the style attribute, instead.

height numeric

Height of the item, in pixels. If you omit this attribute,
Flash automatically sizes the width. In ColdFusion XSL
skins, use the style attribute, instead.

enabled boolean
Default: true

Boolean value specifying whether the control is enabled.
Disabled text appear in light gray. Has no effect on
spacers and rules.
Default: true
Values:
  • true
  • false

visible boolean
Default: true

Boolean value specifying whether to show the control.
Space that would be occupied by an invisible control is
blank. Has no effect on spacers.
Default: true
Values:
  • true
  • false

tooltip string

Text to display when the mouse pointer hovers over the
control. Has no effect on spacers.

bind string

A Flash bind expression that populates the field with
information from other form fields. If you use this
attribute, ColdFusion MX ignores any text that you
specify in the body of the cftextitem tag. This attribute
can be useful if the cfformitem tag is in a cfformgroup
type="repeater" tag.

Examples
Sample code using the cfformitem tag

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