> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.apryse.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apryse.com/reusable-content/web/web-form-createtext.md).

# web/form/createText

Text fields and widget annotations can be added programmatically. There are several properties and widget flags as highlighted below:

#### Text widget flags

| Widget Flag           | Description                                                                                                                                                               | Unique to text? |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| READ\_ONLY            | The field value cannot be changed.                                                                                                                                        | No              |
| REQUIRED              | The field must have a value when exported.                                                                                                                                | No              |
| MULTILINE             | The field may contain multiple lines of text.                                                                                                                             | Yes             |
| COMB                  | The field shall be automatically divided into as many equally spaced positions as the value of the max length.                                                            | Yes             |
| DO\_NOT\_SCROLL       | The field shall not scroll (horizontally for single-line fields, vertically for multiple-line fields) to accommodate more text than fits within its annotation rectangle. | Yes             |
| DO\_NOT\_SPELL\_CHECK | The field text shall not be spell-checked.                                                                                                                                | Yes             |

#### Text widget sample code

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v8.0+)" %}

```js
WebViewer(...)
.then(instance => {
  const { annotationManager, Annotations, documentViewer } = instance.Core;
  const { WidgetFlags } = Annotations;

  documentViewer.addEventListener('documentLoaded', () => {
    // Sets flags for the text widget.
    const flags = new WidgetFlags();
    flags.set(WidgetFlags.REQUIRED, true);
    flags.set(WidgetFlags.MULTILINE, true);

    // Creates a text form field.
    const field = new Annotations.Forms.Field('TextFormField 1', {
      type: 'Tx',
      defaultValue: 'Default Value',
      flags,
    });

    // Creates a text widget annotation.
    const widgetAnnot = new Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation(field);
    widgetAnnot.PageNumber = 1;
    widgetAnnot.X = 100;
    widgetAnnot.Y = 100;
    widgetAnnot.Width = 200;
    widgetAnnot.Height = 50;

    // Add form field to field manager and widget annotation to annotation manager.
    annotationManager.getFieldManager().addField(field);
    annotationManager.addAnnotation(widgetAnnot);
    annotationManager.drawAnnotationsFromList([widgetAnnot]);
  });
});
```

[Annotations.WidgetFlags](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetFlags.html) [Annotations.Forms.Field](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.Forms.Field.html) [Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation.html#TextWidgetAnnotation__anchor) [Annotations.WidgetAnnotation](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetAnnotation.html) [AnnotationManager.addAnnotation](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#addAnnotation__anchor) [AnnotationManager.drawAnnotationsFromList](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#drawAnnotationsFromList__anchor) [AnnotationManager.getFieldManager](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#getFieldManager__anchor) [FieldManager.addField](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.Forms.FieldManager.html#addField__anchor)
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v6.0+)" %}

```js
WebViewer(...)
  .then(instance => {
    const { docViewer, annotManager, Annotations } = instance;

    docViewer.on('documentLoaded', () => {
      // create field and widget annotations here
    });
  });
```

[DocumentViewer#documentLoaded](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#event:documentLoaded__anchor)
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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