Joseph W. Lowery
"Dreamweaver CS3 Bible"
The value in Char Width determines the visible width of the field; the value in Max Chars actually
determines the number of characters that can be entered.
The Init Value text box on the Text Field Property inspector is used to insert a default text string. The user
can overwrite this value, if desired.
Creating password fields
Normally, any text entered into text fields is displayed as you expect??”programmers refer to this process as
echoing. You can turn off echoing by selecting the Password option in the Text Field Property inspector. When
a text field is designated as a password field, all text entered by the user shows up as asterisks or dots.
Use the password field when you want to protect the user??™s input from prying eyes (just as your PIN is hidden
when you enter it at an ATM, for instance). The information entered in a password field is not
encrypted or scrambled in any way, and when sent to the Web application, it is received as regular text.
Only single-line text fields can be set as password fields. You cannot make a multiline