Text Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor text control displays a simple text input field.

The control is defined in Control_Text class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXT constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	text	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	false	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
input_type	string	text	The input field type. Available values are all HTML5 supported types.
placeholder	string		The field placeholder that appears when the field has no values.
title	string		The field title that appears on mouse hover.
classes	string		Add custom classes to control wrapper in the panel.
default	string		The field default value.

Return Value

(string) The text field value.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'widget_title',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Title', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXT,
				'default' => esc_html__( 'Default title', 'textdomain' ),
				'placeholder' => esc_html__( 'Type your title here', 'textdomain' ),
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();

		if ( empty( $settings['widget_title'] ) ) {
			return;
		}
		?>
		<h2 class="title">
			<?php echo $settings['widget_title']; ?>
		</h2>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<#
		if ( '' === settings.widget_title ) {
			return;
		}
		#>
		<h2 class="title">
			{{{ settings.widget_title }}}
		</h2>
		<?php
	}

}