Re: \field and friends: any documents to be found?

Hi Jim,

Here, you can find some doc : https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Widgets

Don't forget : the main command without it nothing can works is :

\setupinteraction	[state=start] MWE : \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupfield [TextFieldSetup] 
[frame=on, width=8cm, height=1.2em, background=color, 
backgroundcolor=lightgray] \definefield [UserName] [line] 
[TextFieldSetup] \starttext Please enter your name: \blank[small] 
\field[UserName] \stoptext




Le 21/05/2026 à 19:55, Jim via ntg-context a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to wrap my mind around \field, \setupfield and
> \definefield.
>
> Unfortunately, the (knowledgeable) wiki contributors have not yet got very
> deep into that corner of the wiki, and the chapter in
>      .../tex/texmf-context/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/interaction
> dealing with widgets is "commented out".
>
> My grep command did not reveal anything else in the standalone distribution
> that uses \field & friends.
>
> Does anyone have a pointer to some current documentation for these things,
> or, failing that, any extensive examples?  There is an example for one type
> of field (line) in the wiki, but not the others.
>
> Thanks.
>                                   Jim
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