promptCharacter

Type: Character

Availability: Read or write at any time

The promptCharacter property of the JadeEditMask class contains the character that is used to fill the character positions of the text in text box fields of the control that can have data entered.

The default value is the _underscore character. The prompt offers the user a visual indication of positions at which text can be entered. When a character is typed in that character position, the prompt character is replaced, regardless of the setting of the insertMode property.

The control can handle entry of the underscore character that is used as the prompt character and it can distinguish between the two situations when the text is retrieved.

Setting the promptCharacter property to null causes a blank prompt character to be used, which is necessary for handling any literal in the mask sequence.