# Input

One line for input: a name, phone, email, promo code, quantity. What is entered goes into a variable.

![The "Input" element: name and phone fields on the screen and the field's settings](https://support.watbot.org/_media/en/02-mini-apps/15-elements/_images/input.webp?v=1791781230)

## Settings

- **"Variable"**, **"Label"**, **"Placeholder"** — as for [all fields](https://support.watbot.org/mini-apps/elements/fields#shared-settings).
- **"Value type"** — "Text", "Number", "Phone", "Email", "Password", "URL", "Search", "Date", "Time". The type defines the phone keyboard and how the value is shown: for example, a password is hidden behind dots.
- **"Default value"** — what is already in the field. You can insert a variable.

## Validation

- "Helper text" and "Error text".
- "Length: from and to" and "Show the character counter".
- "Limits and step" — "From", "To" and "Step" for numbers and dates.
- "Pattern (regular expression)" — for example, `[0-9]{4}` for four digits.
- "Required field".

More in the [Validation](https://support.watbot.org/mini-apps/elements/fields#validation) section.

## Keyboard

- **"Keyboard layout"** — which keyboard the phone opens: `text`, `tel`, `email`, `numeric`, `decimal` and others. If empty — by the value type.
- **"Auto capitalization"** — "Off", "Sentences", "Words", "All caps".
- **"Autofill"** — a hint to the browser about what the field is, so that it fills in saved data: `name`, `email`, `tel`, `street-address`, `one-time-code` and others.
- **"Enter key"** — what is written on the Enter key: `done`, `go`, `next`, `search`, `send` and others.

## Style

- **"Label placement"**, **"Filling"** and "Round" — as for [all fields](https://support.watbot.org/mini-apps/elements/fields#shared-settings).
- **"Clear button"** — a cross in a filled field.
- **"Clear on first edit"** — the value is erased as soon as the person starts typing.
- **"State"** — "Read only" or "Disabled".