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FieldHintStyle

FieldHintStyle
is an option for InputField that specifies the style to use for displaying the field hint.

An option setting FieldHintStyle->spec in an InputField specifies that the field hint of the InputField should be displayed as Style.

Any style specification used in Style can be used as a setting for FieldHintStyle.

	"style"	a named style from the current stylesheets
	{opt₁->val₁,...}	a list of explicit option settings
	{"style",opt₁->val₁,...}	a named style modified by option settings

Color directives such as Red, as well as text specifications such as Bold or Small, can be given in place of options, just as in Style.

Any outside styles not explicitly overridden by settings in FieldHintStyle will still be used.

Style specifications given in FieldHintStyle are typically added to default specifications given in the current stylesheet.

For an object of type obj, the default style specifications are typically those associated with a style named .

Field hints use italics by default:

Change the style to use a roman font:

Field hints use italics by default:

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Change the style to use a roman font:

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FieldSize will use the larger of FieldHintStyle and BaseStyle to calculate its size:

In some cases, it can make the hint look too small, or in some cases make the text look too small:

The default stylesheet applies transparency to all field hints even if you change the color:

To override the transparency setting, specify Opacity: