Confirm with Button
Scope
- Simulation content object > Input Text macro > Confirm with Button property
Purpose
Select this checkbox property if the user can indicate that they have finished entering their text and have it validated (in Practice mode) by clicking on a specific button on the screen (actually, they just have to click on a specified section of the screenshot, regardless of whether this is an actual button or not). Clicking on the designated button will not be interpreted as a separate Mouse Action interaction, but will be considered a part of the same parent Input Text macro. Note that the same effect can be achieved, but using an actual button object on the screen, by using a Form Structure.
When you select this property in the Editor, a new 'action area' is added to the screen (within the same Macro); you need to manually position this over the 'button' on which the user is required to click. An additional category of properties named Settings for the Confirmation Button will also be added to the Input Text macro, containing the following additional properties that can be maintained:
- Position (first instance)
- Cursor Hand
- Effect
- Position (second instance)
- Require Text Input
If you use this property, it is strongly suggested that you include a comment to this effect in the Practice Text (for Practice mode) and the Task Description (for Test mode).
Note that if none of the Confirm on... properties are selected, the user's input is confirmed and validated as soon as the user enters the exact value specified in the Input Text property (or enters any valid text if a Regular Expression is specified).
