Editing Text box (section)

{{Short description|Boxes where text is entered in computing}}
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[[Image:Textbox2.gif|thumb|A text entry box]]
[[Image:Textarea text entry box.png|thumb|A multi-line "textarea" text box in a [[web browser]]]]

A '''text box''' also called an '''input box''', '''text field''' or '''text entry box''', is a control element of a [[graphical user interface]], that should enable the user to input text information to be used by a program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What does text box mean? |url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/text+box |access-date=2020-08-08 |website=www.definitions.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Text Box Definition|url=https://techterms.com/definition/text_box |access-date=2020-08-08 |website=techterms.com}}</ref> [[Human Interface Guidelines]] recommend a single-line text box when only one line of input is required, and a multi-line text box only if more than one line of input may be required. Non-editable text boxes can serve the purpose of simply displaying text.

A typical text box is a rectangle of any size, possibly with a border that separates the text box from the rest of the interface. Text boxes may contain zero, one, or two [[scrollbar]]s. Text boxes usually display a [[text cursor]] (commonly a blinking vertical line), indicating the current region of text being edited. It is common for the [[computer mouse|mouse]] [[cursor (computers)|cursor]] to change its shape when it hovers over a text box.