cftextinput

Puts a single-line text entry box in a cfform tag and controls its display characteristics.

  <cftextinput name="">

 cftextinput(name="");

The cftextinput tag was REMOVED from ColdFusion 11 and has been DEPRECATED since ColdFusion 7

Attribute Reference

name string
Required

Name for the cftextinput control.

value string

Initial value to display in text control.

required boolean

Yes: the user must enter or change text
No
Values:
  • true
  • false

range string

Minimum-maximum value range, delimited by a comma.
Valid only for numeric data.

validate string

date: verifies format mm/dd/yy.
eurodate: verifies date format dd/mm/yyyy.
time: verifies time format hh:mm:ss.
float: verifies floating point format.
integer: verifies integer format.
telephone: verifies telephone format ###-###-####. The
separator can be a blank. Area code and exchange must
begin with digit 1 - 9.
zipcode: verifies, in U.S. formats only, 5- or 9-digit
format #####-####. The separator can be a blank.
creditcard: strips blanks and dashes; verifies number using
mod10 algorithm. Number must have 13-16 digits.
social_security_number: verifies format ###-##-####. The
separator can be a blank.
regular_expression: matches input against pattern
attribute.
Values:
  • date
  • eurodate
  • time
  • float
  • integer
  • telephone
  • zipcode
  • creditcard
  • social_security_number
  • regular_expression

onvalidate string

Custom JavaScript function to validate user input. The form
object, input object, and input object value are passed to
routine, which should return True if validation succeeds,
False otherwise. The validate attribute is ignored.

pattern string

JavaScript regular expression pattern to validate input.
Omit leading and trailing slashes

message string

Message text to display if validation fails

onerror string

Custom JavaScript function to execute if validation fails.

size numeric

Number of characters displayed before horizontal scroll
bar displays.

font string
Default: arial

Font name for data in tree control.
Values:
  • arial
  • times
  • courier
  • arialunicodeMS

fontsize numeric

Font size for text in tree control, in points.

italic boolean
Default: false

Yes: displays tree control text in italics
No: it does not
Values:
  • true
  • false

bold boolean
Default: false

Yes: displays tree control text in bold
No: it does not
Values:
  • true
  • false

height numeric

Tree control height, in pixels.

width numeric

Tree control width, in pixels.

vspace numeric

Vertical margin above and below tree control, in pixels.

hspace numeric

Horizontal spacing to left and right of tree control, in pixels.

align string

* top
* left
* bottom
* baseline
* texttop
* absbottom
* middle
* absmiddle
* right
Values:
  • top
  • left
  • bottom
  • baseline
  • texttop
  • absbottom
  • middle
  • absmiddle
  • right

bgcolor string

Background color of control. For a hex value, use the form:
textColor = "##xxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two hash
signs or none.
Values:
  • black
  • red
  • blue
  • magenta
  • cyan
  • orange
  • darkgray
  • pink
  • gray
  • white
  • lightgray
  • yellow

textcolor string

Text color for control. For a hex value, use the form:
textColor = "##xxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two hash
signs or none.
Values:
  • black
  • red
  • blue
  • magenta
  • cyan
  • orange
  • darkgray
  • pink
  • gray
  • white
  • lightgray
  • yellow

maxlength numeric

The maximum length of text entered.

notsupported string
Default: <b>Browser must support Java to <br>view ColdFusion Java Applets!</b>

Text to display if a page that contains a Java applet-based
cfform control is opened by a browser that does not
support Java or has Java support disabled.

label string

Label for text input

Compatibility

ColdFusion:

DEPRECATED since version 7 REMOVED in version 11

Examples
Sample code using the cftextinput tag

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