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[text]

[text default="type here"]  

[text name="variable_1" memo="sample" default="type here" size=100]

Simple text box.  

Parameters: name, memo, default, size

[textarea]

[textarea name="variable_1" memo="sample" default="type here"]  

[textarea name=”variable_2” memo=”two lines” default=”line1/nline2”]

[textarea name="variable_3" memo="fillable" fillable="true" default="line1\nline2\n***line3***"]

[textarea name=”variable_4”]text[/textarea]]

Larger area for free text.  

Parameters: name, memo, cols, rows, default, fillable, sortable

For multiple lines, use the 2 part version - [textarea] & [/textarea].  For ‘fillable’ feature, use pairs of ‘***’

[date]

[date name="variable_1"]  

[date memo="enter date" default="today"]  

[date default="timestamp"]

Date field with calendar.  

Parameters: name, memo, default

[radio]

[radio name="variable_1" value="this|that"]

Field where only one option may be chosen.

Parameters: name, memo, value

[checkbox]

[checkbox value="option A|option B|option C"]

Field where multiple options may be chosen.  

Parameters: name, memo, value

[checklist]

[checklist value="option A|option B|option C"]

Field where multiple options may be chosen.  Output has all options with [+] or [-]  

Parameters: name, memo, value

[select]

[select value="choice A|choice B|choice C"]  

[select value="A=1|B=2|C=3" memo="choose one"]

Field where only one option may be chosen.

Parameters: name, memo, value

[comment]

[comment memo="comment 2" memo_color="lightgreen" memo_size="small"  memo_style="italic"]

Text only displays in form, not in output.

Parameters: memo, memo_color, memo_size,  memo_style

[link]

[link url="https://www.soapnote.org" memo="SOAPnote Home"]

External or internal (see [mark]) links.

Parameters: url, mark, memo

[mark]

[link memo="go to the mark" mark="target"]  

skip  

[mark name="target"]

This is the target for an internal link.

Parameter: name

[organization] [address_line_1]   [address_line_2] [city] [state] [postal_code] [phone] [fax] [website] [email]

Please call [phone] or email [email].

These are items saved in a user’s profile that are pulled into the output.  

Parameters: none

[blurb_1] [blurb_2] [blurb_3]

[blurb_1] the night before your visit. [blurb_2] or park in the red lot.

Three extra items which are also saved in a  user’s profile.

Parameters: none

[var]

Used to recall a variable in the output.  Parameter: name  

Variable names can’t contain spaces.

[text default="biz" name="variable_1"]  

[var name="variable_1"]

Doesn’t work with [calc], need to use the actual variable in [calc].

[conditional]

[radio name="variable_1" value="A|B|C"]  

[conditional field="variable_1" condition="(variable_1).is(‘B’)|| (variable_1).is('C')"]Question: [text name="variable_2"][/conditional]

Used to show or hide elements based on conditions.

Parameter: field, condition

Nested conditional statements supported as of 1/7/2023.

[calc]

[text name="variable_1"] <-- A  

[text name="variable_2"] <-- B  

A + B --> [calc value="score1=(variable_1)+(variable_2)" memo="just added"]  

A + B --> [calc value="score2=(variable_1)+(variable_2);score2>1000?’more than  1000':score2>100?'more than 100’:’100 or less'" memo="interpreted"]

Make calculations from other tags, such as  [text], [radio], and [select]  

Parameters: value, memo, show

[shorthand]

[shorthand name="%sample" value="This is the text that will be repeated."]  [textarea name="variable_3"]

Used with [textarea] to insert  frequently used text snippets. In the example,  if the user types %sample in the text area,  then  ‘This is the text…’ will replace that text.  Parameters: name, value

[frontload]

[frontload soapnote="shorthand/shorthand-base"]

Brings in the contents of another SOAPnote into  the current one. 

The example imports https://www.soapnote.org/shorthand/shorthand-base into the current  SOAPnote  

Parameter: soapnote

[remark]

[remark]Not seen in the form[/remark]

Text only displays in the markup, not in the  active form or output.