The TextBlock control enables you to easily display a block of read only text.
Use when displaying read only text.
Displaying and gathering text is available via multiple controls, choose the one most suited to your needs
- CopyableLabel - multi-line text input with built-in support for infoBalloonContent and an easy way for user to copy value.
- MultilineTextBox - multi-line text input with built-in support for validations, infoBalloonContent and placeHolderText
- NumericTextBox - restricts input to numbers only and built-in support for validations, infoBalloonContent and placeHolderText
- PasswordBox - text input that uses a * character instead of echoing user input with built-in support for validations, infoBalloonContent and placeHolderText. Use PasswordBox for security sensitive fields.
- TextBlock - Readonly control used to display text.
- TextBox - single-line text input with built-in support for validations, infoBalloonContent and placeHolderText
- Provide enough space for the text to be displayed
- Set a max width of no greater than 800px so that text will wrap in a readable way.
- Use the label option to provide a helpful name for the control.
- When part of a form, provide clear designations for which fields are required vs. optional.
- Don't use this control if the user may want to easily copy the text, consider the CopyableLabel instead.
- Don't use this if the text is of a known syntax that needs format markups, consider the Editor control to display structured text in a nice way.
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