EasyUI jQuery textbox Widget

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EasyUI is an HTML5 framework for using user interface components based on jQuery, React, Angular, and Vue technologies. It helps in building features for interactive web and mobile applications saving a lot of time for developers.

In this article, we will learn how to design a textbox using jQuery EasyUI. The textbox is used to input text in a form.

Downloads for EasyUI for jQuery:

https://www.jeasyui.com/download/index.php

Syntax:

<input class="easyui-textbox">

Properties:

width: The width of the component.
height: The height of the component.
cls: Add a CSS class to the textbox.
prompt: The prompt message to be displayed in the input box.
value: The default value.
type: The textbox type.
label: The label selector bound to the textbox.
labelWidth: The label width.
labelPosition: The label position.
labelAlign: The label alignment.
multiline: It defines a multiline textbox.
editable: It defines if the user can type text directly into the field.
disabled: It defines if the field needs to be disabled.
readonly: It defines if the component is read-only.
icons: The icons attached to the textbox.
iconCls: The background icon displayed on the textbox.
iconAlign: It defines the position of the icons.
iconWidth: The icon width.
buttonText: The displaying text of the button that is attached to the textbox.
buttonIcon: The displaying icon of the button that is attached to the textbox.
buttonAlign: Position of the button.

Events:

onChange: This event fires when the field value is changed.
onResize: This event fires when the textbox is resized.
onClickButton: This event fires when the user clicks the button.
onClickIcon: This event fires when the user clicks on an icon.

Methods:

options: Return the options object.
textbox: Return the textbox object.
button: Return the button object.
destroy: Destroy the textbox component.
resize: Resize the component width.
disable: Disable the component.
enable: Enable the component.
readonly: Enable/Disable read only mode.
clear: Clear the component value.
reset: Reset the component value.
initValue: Initialize the component value.
setText: Set the displaying text value.
getText: Get the displaying text value.
setValue: Set the component value.
getValue: Get the component value.
getIcon: Get specified icon object.

Approach:

First, add jQuery Easy UI scripts needed for your project.

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jquery.min.js”></script>

<!–jQuery libraries of EasyUI –>

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jquery.easyui.min.js”> </script>

<!–jQuery library of EasyUI Mobile –>

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jquery.easyui.mobile.js”> </script>

Example:

HTML

<!doctype html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <meta charset="UTF-8">  
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0,  
        maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">  
              
    <!-- EasyUI specific stylesheets-->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
        href="themes/metro/easyui.css">  
  
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
        href="themes/mobile.css">  
  
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
        href="themes/icon.css">  
  
    <!--jQuery library -->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js">  
    </script>  
  
    <!--jQuery libraries of EasyUI -->
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jquery.easyui.min.js">  
    </script>  
      
    <!--jQuery library of EasyUI Mobile -->
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jquery.easyui.mobile.js">  
    </script>  
  
<script type="text/javascript">  
  $(document).ready(function (){  
      $('#gfg').textbox({ 
          buttonText:'Search' 
      });  
  });  
    </script>  
</head>  
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h3>EasyUI jQuery textbox widget</h3> 
  
  Enter name : <input id="gfg" class="easyui-textbox"> 
  
</body> 
</html> 