Control attributes

Certain common attributes apply to all controls:

<forms:input 
  id="state_shipping" 
  class="data_entry" 
  ref="order/shipTo/state" 
  cols="4" 
  model="shipping"
  style="font-family: Helvetica, sans"
  appearance="compact">
    <forms:label>State:</forms:label>
</forms:input>

• id attribute for linking and CSS

• class attribute for CSS

• ref attribute selects the one node in the model this control updates

• nodeset attribute selects several nodes in the model this control updates

• cols attribute to specify number of characters

• model attribute to choose between multiple forms

• style attribute to attach CSS

• appearance attribute to choose full, compact, or minimal display