Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Building Spry pages visually
Last updated 3/28/2012
Change required status of a Validation Password widget
By default, all Validation Password widgets that you insert with Dreamweaver require user input when published on
a web page. You can, however, make the completion of password text fields optional for the user.
1 Select a Validation Password widget in the Document window by clicking its blue tab.
2 In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), select or deselect the Required option, depending on your
preference.
Display widget states in Design view
1 Select a Validation Password widget in the Document window by clicking its blue tab.
2 In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), select the state you want to see from the Preview States pop-up
menu. For example, if you want to see the widget in its valid state, select Valid.
Specify when validation occurs
You can set the point at which validation occurs—when the site visitor clicks outside the widget, as the visitor types,
or when the visitor tries to submit the form.
1 Select a Validation Password widget in the Document window by clicking its blue tab.
2 In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), select the option that indicates when you want validation to
occur. You can select all of the options or Submit only.
Blur Validates whenever the user clicks outside the password text field.
Change Validates as the user changes text inside the password text field.
Submit Validates when the user tries to submit the form. The submit option is selected by default, and cannot be
deselected.
Set password strength
Password strength refers to the degree to which combinations of certain characters match the requirements for a
password text field. For example, if you’ve created a form in which users are selecting a password, you might want to
force your users to include a certain number of uppercase letters in the password, a certain number of special
characters, and so on.
Note: By default, none of the available options are set for the Password widget.
1 Click the Validation Password widget’s blue tab to select it.
2 Set options in the Property inspector (Window > Properties) as desired. The numbers that you enter into the option
fields are the numbers required for the widget to validate. For example, if you enter 8 in the Minimum characters
box, the widget will not validate unless the user has entered at least eight characters in the password text field.
Minimum/Maximum characters Specifies the minimum and maximum number of characters required for the
password to be valid.
Minimum/Maximum letters Specifies the minimum and maximum number of letters (a, b, c, and so on) required for
the password to be valid.
Minimum/Maximum numbers Specifies the minimum and maximum number of numbers (1, 2, 3, and so on) required
for the password to be valid.
Minimum/Maximum uppercase Specifies the minimum and maximum number of uppercase letters (A, B, C, and so
on) required for the password to be valid.