---
title: Text Entry
product: Form Library
description: Add multiple entry boxes to your web forms and collect open-ended answers, like names and surnames of respondents in your JavaScript app.
framework: Angular
source: https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/text-entry-question/angular
index: https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/overview.md
---

# Text Entry (Angular)

Text entry form fields are designed for open-ended questions that demand short answers. You can also require that respondents enter specific values, such as an e-mail address or password. This example demonstrates different types of text box questions supported by SurveyJS Form Library. Switch between React, Vue, Vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and Angular to view an example for your JavaScript framework.

## Create a Text Entry Question

To create a text entry form field, define an object with the `type` property set to `"text"` and add it to the [`elements`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/pagemodel#elements) array. Within this object, specify the question's [`title`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#title) and a unique [`name`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#name) that identifies the text input question. Optionally, you can specify a [`description`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#description) to place under the `title` and a [`placeholder`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#placeholder) to show within the text entry box.

## Specify Input Type

If a question requires specific values, use the [`inputType`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#inputType) property to specify the input type. An `inputType` value is passed on to the [`type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input#input_types) attribute of the underlying `<input>` HTML element. This example demonstrates the `"email"`, `"password"`, `"url"`, and the default `"text"` input types.

In addition, you can specify the [`autocomplete`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#autocomplete) property to let the browser suggest autofill values. For example, the "E-mail address" and "Password" form fields in this demo can be populated automatically if your browser contains autofill e-mail and password values.

## Validate Text Values

If you need to ensure that respondents fill out all required form fields and the format of values is correct, enable data validation. This example demonstrates the following validation types and describes how to configure them:

- Required Validation           
Enable the [`isRequired`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#isRequired) property for the form fields that should not be empty.

- Text Length Validation            
Define an object with the `type` property set to `"text"` and add it to the [`validators`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/questiontextmodel#validators) array. Use the [`minLength`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/textvalidator#minLength) and [`maxLength`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/textvalidator#maxLength) properties within this object to limit the text length (see the "Password" form field in this demo).

- RegEx Validation          
Define an object with the `type` property set to `"regex"` and add it to the `validators` array. Assign a regular expression to the [`regex`](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/regexvalidator#regex) property within this object (see the "URL" form field in this demo).

To learn more about data validation in SurveyJS Form Library, refer to the following help topic: [Data Validation](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/data-validation).

## Files

### `src/app/components/json.ts`

```ts
export const json = {
  "elements": [{
    "name": "username",
    "type": "text",
    "title": "Username",
    "maxLength": 25
  }, {
    "name": "email",
    "type": "text",
    "title": "E-mail address",
    "inputType": "email",
    "placeholder": "foobar@example.com",
    "isRequired": true,
    "autocomplete": "email"
  }, {
    "name": "password",
    "type": "text",
    "title": "Password",
    "description": "Enter 8 characters minimum.",
    "inputType": "password",
    "isRequired": true,
    "autocomplete": "current-password",
    "validators": [{
      "type": "text",
      "minLength": 8,
      "text": "Your password must be at least 8 characters long."
    }]
  }, {
    "name": "url",
    "type": "text",
    "title": "URL",
    "inputType": "url",
    "placeholder": "https://www.example.com",
    "validators": [{
      "type": "regex",
      "regex": "https://.*",
      "text": "Your answer must match the URL pattern."
    }]
  }]
};
```

### `src/app/components/survey.component.css`

```css
/* You can add your custom CSS here. */
```

### `src/app/components/survey.component.html`

```html
<survey [model]="model" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height:100%"></survey>
```

### `src/app/components/survey.component.ts`

```ts
import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { Model } from "survey-core";
import { json } from "./json";
import "./survey.component.css";
import "survey-core/survey-core.min.css";

@Component({
    // tslint:disable-next-line:component-selector
    selector: "component-survey",
    templateUrl: "./survey.component.html",
    styleUrls: ["./survey.component.css"]
})
export class SurveyComponent implements OnInit {
    model: Model;
    ngOnInit() {
        const survey = new Model(json);
        survey.onComplete.add((sender, options) => {
            console.log(JSON.stringify(sender.data, null, 3));
        });
        this.model = survey;
    }
}
```

### `src/app/components/theme.ts`

```ts
export const themeJson = {};
```

### `src/app/app.component.css`

```css

```

### `src/app/app.component.html`

```html
<component-survey></component-survey>
```

### `src/app/app.component.ts`

```ts
import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
    selector: "app-root",
    templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
    styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"]
})
export class AppComponent {
    title = "CodeSandbox";
}
```

### `src/app/app.module.ts`

```ts
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";

import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { SurveyModule } from "survey-angular-ui";
import { SurveyComponent } from "./components/survey.component";

@NgModule({
    declarations: [AppComponent, SurveyComponent],
    imports: [BrowserModule, SurveyModule],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
```

### `src/environments/environment.prod.ts`

```ts
export const environment = {
    production: true
};
```

### `src/environments/environment.ts`

```ts
// The file contents for the current environment will overwrite these during build.
// The build system defaults to the dev environment which uses `environment.ts`, but if you do
// `ng build --env=prod` then `environment.prod.ts` will be used instead.
// The list of which env maps to which file can be found in `.angular-cli.json`.

export const environment = {
    production: false
};
```

### `src/index.html`

```html
<app-root></app-root>
```

### `src/main.ts`

```ts
import { enableProdMode } from "@angular/core";
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic";

import { AppModule } from "./app/app.module";
import { environment } from "./environments/environment";

if (environment.production) {
    enableProdMode();
}

platformBrowserDynamic()
    .bootstrapModule(AppModule)
    .catch(err => console.log(err));
```

### `src/polyfills.ts`

```ts
/**
 * This file includes polyfills needed by Angular and is loaded before the app.
 * You can add your own extra polyfills to this file.
 *
 * This file is divided into 2 sections:
 *   1. Browser polyfills. These are applied before loading ZoneJS and are sorted by browsers.
 *   2. Application imports. Files imported after ZoneJS that should be loaded before your main
 *      file.
 *
 * The current setup is for so-called "evergreen" browsers; the last versions of browsers that
 * automatically update themselves. This includes Safari >= 10, Chrome >= 55 (including Opera),
 * Edge >= 13 on the desktop, and iOS 10 and Chrome on mobile.
 *
 * Learn more in https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/browser-support.html
 */

/***************************************************************************************************
 * BROWSER POLYFILLS
 */

/** IE9, IE10 and IE11 requires all of the following polyfills. **/
// import 'core-js/es6/symbol';
// import 'core-js/es6/object';
// import 'core-js/es6/function';
// import 'core-js/es6/parse-int';
// import 'core-js/es6/parse-float';
// import 'core-js/es6/number';
// import 'core-js/es6/math';
// import 'core-js/es6/string';
// import 'core-js/es6/date';
// import 'core-js/es6/array';
// import 'core-js/es6/regexp';
// import 'core-js/es6/map';
// import 'core-js/es6/weak-map';
// import 'core-js/es6/set';

/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for NgClass support on SVG elements */
// import 'classlist.js';  // Run `npm install classlist.js`.

/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for the Reflect API. */
// import 'core-js/es6/reflect';

/** Evergreen browsers require these. **/
// Used for reflect-metadata in JIT. If you use AOT (and only Angular decorators), you can remove.
import "core-js/proposals/reflect-metadata";

/**
 * Required to support Web Animations `@angular/platform-browser/animations`.
 * Needed for: All but Chrome, Firefox and Opera. http://caniuse.com/#feat=web-animation
 **/
// import 'web-animations-js';  // Run `npm install web-animations-js`.

/***************************************************************************************************
 * Zone JS is required by default for Angular itself.
 */
import "zone.js/dist/zone"; // Included with Angular CLI.

/***************************************************************************************************
 * APPLICATION IMPORTS
 */
```

### `src/styles.css`

```css
/* You can add your custom CSS here. */
```

### `src/typings.d.ts`

```ts
/* SystemJS module definition */
declare var module: NodeModule;
interface NodeModule {
    id: string;
}
```

### `.angular-cli.json`

```json
{
  "apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "dist",
      "assets": [ "assets", "favicon.ico" ],
      "index": "index.html",
      "main": "main.ts",
      "polyfills": "polyfills.ts",
      "prefix": "app",
      "styles": [ "styles.css" ],
      "scripts": [ ],
      "environmentSource": "environments/environment.ts",
      "environments": {
        "dev": "environments/environment.ts",
        "prod": "environments/environment.prod.ts"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

### `_tsconfig.json`

```json
{
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "declaration": false,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "downlevelIteration": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "importHelpers": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "target": "es2015",
    "module": "es2020",
    "lib": [
      "es2018",
      "dom"
    ]
  }
}
```

### `package.json`

```json
{
  "name": "surveyjs-angular",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build --prod",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/cdk": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/common": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/compiler": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/core": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/forms": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "14.1.1",
    "@angular/router": "14.1.1",
    "core-js": "3.6.4",
    "rxjs": "6.5.4",
    "survey-core": "latest",
    "survey-angular-ui": "latest",
    "tslib": "1.13.0",
    "zone.js": "0.11.7"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/cli": "1.6.6",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^5.2.0",
    "@angular/language-service": "^5.2.0",
    "@types/core-js": "0.9.46",
    "@types/jasmine": "~2.8.3",
    "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.2",
    "@types/node": "~6.0.60",
    "codelyzer": "^4.0.1",
    "jasmine-core": "~2.8.0",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
    "karma": "~2.0.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^1.2.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "protractor": "~5.1.2",
    "ts-node": "~4.1.0",
    "tslint": "~5.9.1",
    "typescript": "3.9.7"
  },
  "keywords": [ "angular", "surveyjs" ],
  "description": "SurveyJS-Angular example project"
}
```

## Other Frameworks

- [React](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/text-entry-question/reactjs.md)
- [Vue 3](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/text-entry-question/vue3js.md)
- [jQuery](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/text-entry-question/jquery.md)
- [Vanilla JS](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/examples/text-entry-question/vanillajs.md)