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English100
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January 23, 2017
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Question on Icons

I'm new to DW so could someone please tell me what these strange icons are for (see screenshot - H inside a shield)?

Thanks

Alan

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    Jon Fritz
    Jon FritzCorrect answer
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    January 23, 2017

    Those are Design View's icon for Hidden Form Fields.

    You can change which Invisible Element icons you see under Edit > Preferences > Invisible Elements

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    January 23, 2017

    Shields denote the type of code.  In your case, it looks like HTML5.

    In my example, it's PHP code.

    Nancy

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    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    January 23, 2017

    While the small shield icons can denote the type of code being used (it's 1 of the 13 icons in Invisible Elements, specifically "visual server markup tags"), in the OP's case, they are denoting hidden form fields.

    That particular H icon appears when a form <input> has type="hidden"...

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    English100Author
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    January 24, 2017

    Thanks everyone.

    Alan

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    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 23, 2017

    Those are Design View's icon for Hidden Form Fields.

    You can change which Invisible Element icons you see under Edit > Preferences > Invisible Elements

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