getProperties()

returns an object with the available configuration attributes of the control

getProperties(): IInputProps;

Returns:

An object with the available attributes of the control and their values.

Example

var form = new dhx.Form("form_container", {
    rows: [
        {
            type: "input",
            name: "input",
            label: "Name",
            icon: "dxi dxi-magnify",
            placeholder: "John Doe"           
        } 
    ]
});

form.getItem("input").getProperties();
// -> the returned object
{
    autocomplete: false,
    errorMessage: "",
    height: "content",
    helpMessage: "",
    hiddenLabel: false,
    icon: "dxi dxi-magnify",
    inputType: "text",
    label: "Name",
    labelPosition: "top",
    labelWidth: "",
    max: undefined,
    maxlength: undefined,
    min: undefined,
    minlength: undefined,
    padding: 0,
    placeholder: "John Doe",
    preMessage: "",
    readOnly: false,
    required: false,
    successMessage: "",
    validation: undefined,
    width: "content"    
}

The returned object of the Input control can contain the following configuration attributes:

inputType	(string) the type of an input: "text", "password", "number"
min	(string|number) the minimal value allowed in the input. The attribute works only with the input type: "number".
max	(string|number) the maximal value allowed in the input. The attribute works only with the input type: "number".
validation	(object|function) the rule of input validation
width	(string|number|"content") the width of a control
height	(string|number|"content") the height of a control
padding	(string|number) sets padding between a cell and a border of the Input control
minlength	(string|number) the minimum number of characters allowed in the input. The attribute works with the following input types: "text", "password".
maxlength	(string|number) the maximum number of characters allowed in the input. The attribute works with the following input types: "text", "password".
required	(boolean) defines whether a control is required
readOnly	(boolean) defines whether an input is readonly
icon	(string) the name of an icon from the used icon font
placeholder	(string) a tip for the input
autocomplete	(boolean) enables/disables the autocomplete functionality of the input
label	(string) specifies a label for a control
labelWidth	(string|number) sets the width of the label of a control
hiddenLabel	(boolean) invisible label that will be used to identify the input on the server side
labelPosition	(string) defines the position of a label: "left"|"top"
helpMessage	(string) adds a help message to a control
preMessage	(string) a message that contains instructions for interacting with the control
successMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of successful validation of the control value
errorMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of error during validation of the control value

Change log:

added in v7.0