# The Input Fields manual

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**Table of contents · 24 October 2026 · S5 of plan CORE. A label is written in every language with a folder, switched on or not (S9: the Languages manual); whether a workspace may add values of its own is CORE-D5 (not yet).**

Input Fields holds every option list the app offers: ID kinds, languages, currencies, upload types, and the lists the
app itself reads (mail events, sign-in events, how long logs are kept). A picker and the check on what is saved read
the same list, so a value switched off here stops being offered everywhere at once, and old records keep showing it.

The one sentence to carry through it: **a value's code never changes; its words, its place and whether it is offered
do.**

**Who meets what**

| Seat | Who | What they do here |
|---|---|---|
| Service | The platform's owner | Changes the lists: words, order, patterns, adds and retires values |
| Admin | Someone whose role may add and change people | Picks an ID kind and types the number on a person |

**The three kinds of list**

| Kind | What it means | What the page allows |
|---|---|---|
| System | The app acts on every value | Words and order; never switched off, added or deleted |
| Reference | Follows a standard (ISO currencies) | Words, order, switched on and off; never added or deleted |
| Open | Yours to shape | Everything: added, renamed, retired, deleted while no record holds it |

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## Part 1 · Input Fields

- [1.1 Adding a value to a list (Service)](p01-input-fields.md#11-adding-a-value-to-a-list-service)
- [1.2 Changing a value's words, pattern or place (Service)](p01-input-fields.md#12-changing-a-values-words-pattern-or-place-service)
- [1.3 Retiring a value, and offering it again (Service)](p01-input-fields.md#13-retiring-a-value-and-offering-it-again-service)
- [1.4 Deleting a value nobody holds (Service)](p01-input-fields.md#14-deleting-a-value-nobody-holds-service)
- [1.5 Giving a person an ID](p01-input-fields.md#15-giving-a-person-an-id)
- [1.6 Why a list has no "Add a value", or a value no toggle](p01-input-fields.md#16-why-a-list-has-no-add-a-value-or-a-value-no-toggle)