| 1. |
Text Box and Text Area* |
The customer types the data in the box. |
|
| Some of the options are height, width,
border of the box; scrolling, multi-line, text size, font, color.
(Webpages can have both text boxes and text areas, each with different
capabilities.) |
| 2. |
Check Box |
The customer can select all options. |
Orange
Blue
Green
|
| Item(s) can be selected by default. |
| 3. |
Option (Radio)Button |
The customer can select only one option. |
Orange
Blue
Green
|
| An item can be selected by default. |
| 4. |
Combo Box (aka Drop-Down
Menu) |
The customer can view the options in a drop-down/pop-up menu. |
|
| In a combo box, the box is a single line that
expands when clicked. By default, the width of the box is determined
by the width of the longest item. The directions can be
the first item, i.e., Select one. |
| 5. |
Button |
The customer can click a button to initiate
a specific action, usually Submit, Reset, Print, Save. |
See examples below. |
| If the information in the form is to be
submitted online, a button is provided. The words and the
formatting of a button command can be changed. i.e., Reset can be
changed to Clear Form. NOTE:
The Submit button below does not work! |
| * Some options are not available in some applications.
Form components
are inserted in different ways and look different in doc, xls, html, and pdf
formats. This overview is a generalization and has exceptions. |