Each field should be adjusted in order to meet the user requirements. After you add a new field, you get access to its properties — settings and options. Properties differ depending on the field type, but there several common ones:
- Hint sets a prompt text that will be shown to Library end user to help him fill the data properly
- Default value defines the data that will be added to this field once an entry is created
- Required option sets whether this field must be filled or not
Other properties are shown for the specific field. For example, integer and real fields may include a Calculator or Units of measure; adding an image field, you can define the picture Orientation: vertical or horizontal; creating a Paint field, you can define the Background Color and Brush Color, etc.