Input Field

Input Field is a box the player taps to type text or a number. Tapping it opens the watch's keyboard; when they finish, the value is saved into a variable and the field's own actions run. Use it for a player name, a PIN, or an odometer reading.

Add one with Add Object ▸ Input Field, or add the component to an existing object.

Settings

Setting	What it does
placeholder	Dimmed text shown only while the field is empty. It never counts as typed text.
starting text	Text already in the field when the screen opens, as if the player typed it. Usually empty.
font	The font for both the typed text and the placeholder. Empty uses the watch's default.
content type	text, integer or decimal: what the keyboard should accept.
max length	The most characters allowed. 0 means no limit.
password	(text only) Hides what is typed with dots.
background box	Draws the built-in box behind the text. Turn it off to use your own Image behind the field instead.
show variable	(integer or decimal) Starts from the result variable's current value, so changing the last digits is enough. Set the variable in the screen's open event to choose the starting value.
result var	Optional. The variable the typed value is saved into. A text field saves into a text variable, a number field into a number variable.
actions	What runs when the player submits. Click + action to add a row.

Showing and checking what was typed

• Show it elsewhere with Bind Text and {yourVariable}.
• Bind Visible and Bind Interactable can check the field directly: is empty, has text, equals, length ≥ or length ≤. For example, enable a Save button only once the name has at least 3 letters.

Good to know

• content type limits the keyboard on Wear OS only. Apple Watch always shows its normal keyboard, so check the value with an only if on your actions if a bad entry would matter.
• With Bind Interactable failing, the field greys out and ignores taps.
• In Preview, a small text box pops up in place of the watch keyboard.
• Works in Game and App projects on both watches. Not offered on watch faces.