---
title: "Create form control - Label"
slug: "create-form-control-label"
description: "Learn how to add and customize label controls in your mobile forms, including properties, visibility, and linking variables for effective display."
tags: ["Task", "Anywhere Mobility Studio"]
updated: 2026-03-20T12:47:58Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:51Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/create-form-control-label"
---

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# Create form control - Label

You can add a control of type **Label** to a form. A label is piece of text or a variable value to appear on the application as shown on the mobile device.

### Steps

1. Click **Mobility design**.
2. Click the **Forms** tab.
3. In the list, find and select the desired record.
4. Click **Edit**.
5. If you add a control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.

On the preview, select the desired control.

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> Note
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> If the control list is shown instead of the preview, in the list, find and select the desired control.
6. On the **Properties** tab, click **Add**.
7. Click **Label**.
8. Sub-task: Define control properties.
  1. In the **Control** field, type the label control name.

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> Note
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> Only use letters and numbers, no spaces.
  2. You can use a label for the display name of the check box.

If you use a label, do not define a Text and make sure Get caption from extended data type is set to **No**.

In the **Label** field, enter or select a value.
  3. In the **Text** field, you can enter a free text as display name.

If you use a **Text**, do not define a Label and make sure **Get caption from extended data type** is set to **No**.

In the **Text** field, type a value.
  4. If you want a colon shown behind the label text, select **Yes** in the **Append colon** field.
  5. By default, the label is shown on the form.

If you want to hide the label on the form, select **No** in the **Visible** field.
  6. If you want the variable value to be cleared when the form is loaded, select **Yes** in the **Clear on load** field.
  7. If you want the variable value to be cleared when the form is reactivated, select **Yes** in the **Clear on reactivate** field.
  8. By default, the next control is positioned on the same line.

If the next control must be positioned on a new line, select **Yes** in the **Append new line** field.
  9. You can use a variable to display its value on the form. You can use a variable as defined for the application or for the form.
  10. By default, this field is empty. So, in the **Linked variable name** field, you can link an application variable to the label.

To link a form variable, in the **Linked variable form** field, enter or select the current form.
  11. You can link an application variable or a form variable to the label.

In the **Linked variable name** field, enter or select a value.

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> If you use a **Linked variable name**, do not define a **Label ID** or **Text**.
  12. If a variable is defined, the label of the related extended data type can be used as display name in front of the variable.

This results in: [extended data type label]: [variable value]. Example: Purchase order: PO00123.

By default, the label of the extended data type is not used.

If you use the label of the extended data type as display name, do not define a **Label** or **Text**.

If you want to use the label of the extended data type, select **Yes** in the **Get caption from extended data type** field.
  13. You can use the **Preview** field to enter an example value for the variable. This value is only used to be shown as variable on the preview.

In the **Preview value** field, type a value.
9. In the **Documentation** section, write the label control documentation. For example, describe the purpose and characteristics of the label control.
10. To show the added control on the preview, on the **Design** tab, click **Refresh**.

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> - In general, if you add a form control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.
> - Where the control is exactly positioned on the preview, also depends on:
>   - The Append new line property of the previous control and of the added control.
>   - The preview style sheet.
> - You can use the **Up** and **Down** buttons on the **Properties** tab to move a form control to another position on the form.