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Text and memo editors

Use FdcTextEdit for single-line input and FdcMemoEdit for multiline text. Both controls bind directly to the current record of a dataset.

Single-line text​

FdcTextEdit(
  dataSet: customers,
  fieldName: 'company_name',
  label: 'Company name',
  hint: 'Enter a company name',
  selectAllOnFocus: true,
)

When the bound field is an FdcStringField, the editor uses the field size as its maximum text length. An optional counter can expose that limit visually:

FdcTextEdit(
  dataSet: customers,
  fieldName: 'company_name',
  showCounter: true,
)

Multiline text​

FdcMemoEdit(
  dataSet: customers,
  fieldName: 'notes',
  label: 'Notes',
  hint: 'Add account notes',
)

FdcMemoEdit participates in the same dataset edit lifecycle as the other editors; it is not a detached text area.

Read-only fields​

Use readOnly when the value should be visible and focusable but not editable:

FdcTextEdit(
  dataSet: customers,
  fieldName: 'customer_code',
  readOnly: true,
)

GUID fields rendered through FdcTextEdit are read-only.

Focus behavior​

Common options include:

FdcTextEdit(
  dataSet: customers,
  fieldName: 'city',
  autofocus: true,
  selectAllOnFocus: true,
  focusOrder: 30,
  tabStop: true,
)

Use FDC focus ordering when a data-entry screen needs a stable keyboard path independent of widget layout.