---
title: "Create form control - Literal HTML"
slug: "create-form-control-literal-html"
description: "Learn how to add a Literal HTML control to your form, customize its properties, and enhance your design with XHTML tags for better functionality."
tags: ["Anywhere Mobility Studio"]
updated: 2026-03-20T12:48:16Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:51Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/create-form-control-literal-html"
---

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# Create form control - Literal HTML

You can add a control of type **Literal HTML** to a form. With this control type, you can use literal XHTML tags to add controls to a form.

For example: <hr /> adds a horizontal line to the form.

### 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.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> 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 **Literal HTML**.
8. Sub-task: Define control properties.
  1. In the **Control** field, type the literal HTML control name.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Only use letters and numbers, no spaces.
  2. By default, the literal HTML control is shown on the form.

If you want to hide the literal HTML control on the form, select **No** in the **Visible** field.
  3. In the **Text** field, type the literal XHTML tags.
  4. Select **Yes** in the **Append new line** field.
9. In the **Documentation** section, write the literal HTML control documentation. For example, describe the purpose and characteristics of the literal HTML control.
10. To show the added control on the preview, on the **Design** tab, click **Refresh**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> - 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.