# email
email fields operate similarly to string fields, but will only accept a valid email address.
# Example
// Single line, optional
{
name: 'contact',
label: 'Contact',
type: 'email'
}
// Single line, required
{
name: 'contact',
label: 'Contact',
type: 'email',
required: true
}
# Settings
| Property | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | Sets the name of the field in the database | |
| label | string | Sets the label of the field that the user sees | |
| required | boolean | false | If true, the field is mandatory |
| contextual | boolean | false | If true, it will prevent the field from appearing in a dialog box |
| type | string | Specifies the field type | |
| readOnly | boolean | false | If true, prevents the user from editing the field |
| help | string | Help text for the field that will appear with the field's label | |
| htmlHelp | string | Help text with support for HTML markup | |
| sortify | boolean | false | If true, make sort() operations on the field case insensitive and otherwise more intuitive |