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Provides an input field for an email address.

• name (mandatory) is the unique name of the parameter.
• type (mandatory) must be email.
• label (mandatory) (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.
• description description text for the form field.
• size (optional) determines the size of the field on the screen.
• required (optional) "true" to enforce a value.
• class (optional) for styling.
• validate (optional) makes sure it is an emailaddress.

Example XML Definition:

<field name="email" type="email"
	label="JGLOBAL_EMAIL"
	description="COM_ADMIN_USER_FIELD_EMAIL_DESC"
	required="true"
	size="30"
	class="inputbox"
	validate="email" />