Merge PR #1585 from ramox81/codex/field-command: FIELD command and Field dialog; attribute definition field buttons

The PR pinned the codec to its fork through [patch]; codec #75 is merged
upstream and main already points at it, so the patch section is dropped.
The two windows-sys features it adds (Globalization, Identity) stay.

Cargo.toml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ naga = { version = "27", features = ["wgsl-in"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 libloading = "0.8"
-windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging", "Win32_UI_Input", "Win32_System_LibraryLoader", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Security", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_Registry", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Graphics_Printing", "Win32_Graphics_Gdi", "Win32_Storage_Xps"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.61", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging", "Win32_UI_Input", "Win32_System_LibraryLoader", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Security", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_Registry", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Graphics_Printing", "Win32_Graphics_Gdi", "Win32_Storage_Xps", "Win32_Globalization", "Win32_Security_Authentication_Identity"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 ashpd = { version = "0.13.13", default-features = false, features = ["async-io", "wayland"] }

locales/ar-SA/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4087,6 +4087,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = إنشاء
     .boolean = عمليات منطقية

locales/bg-BG/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Създаване
     .boolean = Булеви операции

locales/cs-CZ/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4072,6 +4072,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Vytvořit
     .boolean = Booleovské operace

locales/de-DE/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4073,6 +4073,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Erstellen
     .boolean = Boolesche Operationen

locales/el-GR/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4075,6 +4075,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Δημιουργία
     .boolean = Δυαδική πράξη

locales/en-US/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4076,6 +4076,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Create
     .boolean = Boolean

locales/es-ES/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4075,6 +4075,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Crear
     .boolean = Booleanas

locales/fi-FI/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Luo
     .boolean = Boolen operaatiot

locales/fr-FR/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4075,6 +4075,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Créer
     .boolean = Opérations booléennes

locales/hi-IN/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4063,6 +4063,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = बनाएँ
     .boolean = बूलियन संक्रियाएँ

locales/hu-HU/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Létrehozás
     .boolean = Logikai műveletek

locales/it-IT/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Crea
     .boolean = Operazioni booleane

locales/ja-JP/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4063,6 +4063,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = 作成
     .boolean = ブール演算

locales/ko-KR/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = 생성
     .boolean = 불리언 연산

locales/nl-NL/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4073,6 +4073,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Maken
     .boolean = Booleaanse bewerkingen

locales/pl-PL/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4074,6 +4074,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Utwórz
     .boolean = Operacje boolowskie

locales/pt-BR/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4075,6 +4075,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Criar
     .boolean = Operações booleanas

locales/ru-RU/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4076,6 +4076,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = Создание
     .boolean = Булевы операции

locales/tr-TR/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4035,6 +4035,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = Etiket boşluk içeremez.
     .attdef-positive = Değer pozitif ve sıfırdan farklı olmalı.
     .attdef-angle = Geçerli bir sayısal açı veya ikinci nokta gerekir.
+    .field-title = Alan
+    .field-category = Kategori
+    .field-date-format = Tarih biçimi
+    .field-examples = Örnekler
+    .field-file-extension = Dosya uzantısını göster
+    .field-filename-only = Yalnız dosya adı
+    .field-path-only = Yalnız yol
+    .field-path-filename = Yol ve dosya adı
+    .field-bytes = Bayt
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobayt
+    .field-megabytes = Megabayt
+    .field-system-variable = Sistem değişkeni
+    .field-diesel = Diesel ifadesi
+    .field-named-type = Adlandırılmış nesne türü
+    .field-object-type = Nesne türü
+    .field-select-object = Nesne seç
+    .field-expression = Alan ifadesi
+    .field-help = Bir alan ekler: çizimden, tarihten veya başka bir kaynaktan güncellenen metin.
+    .field-cat-linked = Bağlantılı
+    .field-current-precision = Geçerli hassasiyet
+    .field-evaluate = Hesapla
+    .field-text-to-display = Görüntülenecek metin
+    .field-address = Adres
+    .field-select-link-file = Bağlanacak dosyayı seçin
+    .field-current-units = Geçerli birimler
+    .field-use-scale-name = Ölçek adını kullan
+    .field-cat-date = Tarih ve Saat
+    .field-cat-document = Belge
+    .field-cat-other = Diğer
+    .field-case-upper = Büyük harf
+    .field-case-lower = Küçük harf
+    .field-case-first = İlk harf büyük
+    .field-case-title = Başlık
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Ölçü stili
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablo stili
+    .field-named-textstyle = Metin stili
+    .field-prop-endpoint = Bitiş noktası
+    .field-prop-startpoint = Başlangıç noktası
 model =
     .create = Oluştur
     .boolean = Boole işlemleri

locales/zh-CN/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4058,6 +4058,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = 创建
     .boolean = 布尔运算

locales/zh-TW/opencadstudio.ftl

@@ -4070,6 +4070,44 @@ insert =
     .attdef-tag-spaces = The tag may not contain spaces.
     .attdef-positive = Value must be positive and nonzero.
     .attdef-angle = Requires valid numeric angle or second point.
+    .field-title = Field
+    .field-category = Category
+    .field-date-format = Date format
+    .field-examples = Examples
+    .field-file-extension = Display file extension
+    .field-filename-only = Filename only
+    .field-path-only = Path only
+    .field-path-filename = Path and filename
+    .field-bytes = Bytes
+    .field-kilobytes = Kilobytes
+    .field-megabytes = Megabytes
+    .field-system-variable = System variable
+    .field-diesel = Diesel expression
+    .field-named-type = Named object type
+    .field-object-type = Object type
+    .field-select-object = Select object
+    .field-expression = Field expression
+    .field-help = Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.
+    .field-cat-linked = Linked
+    .field-current-precision = Current precision
+    .field-evaluate = Evaluate
+    .field-text-to-display = Text to display
+    .field-address = Address
+    .field-select-link-file = Select a file to link
+    .field-current-units = Current units
+    .field-use-scale-name = Use scale name
+    .field-cat-date = Date & Time
+    .field-cat-document = Document
+    .field-cat-other = Other
+    .field-case-upper = Uppercase
+    .field-case-lower = Lowercase
+    .field-case-first = First capital
+    .field-case-title = Title case
+    .field-named-dimstyle = Dimstyle
+    .field-named-tablestyle = Tablestyle
+    .field-named-textstyle = Textstyle
+    .field-prop-endpoint = EndPoint
+    .field-prop-startpoint = StartPoint
 model =
     .create = 建立
     .boolean = 布林運算

src/app/command_driver/entity_commit.rs

@@ -226,8 +226,17 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 self.tabs[i].scene.document.header.text_height = attribute.height;
             }
         }
+        // A field the committed text shows (FIELD, an ATTDEF Default from the
+        // Field dialog) is attached once the entity has its handle; the field
+        // objects are not part of the add delta, so the step is a snapshot.
+        let text_field = self.tabs[i].active_cmd.as_ref().and_then(|cmd| cmd.text_field());
         let label = self.history_label_from_active_cmd(i, "ENTITY");
-        let delta_safe = self.delta_add_safe(i, &entity);
+        let delta_safe = text_field.is_none() && self.delta_add_safe(i, &entity);
+        let field_value = match &entity {
+            codec::EntityType::MText(m) => m.value.clone(),
+            codec::EntityType::AttributeDefinition(a) => a.default_value.clone(),
+            _ => String::new(),
+        };
         let pending = self.begin_undo(i, label, 1, delta_safe);
         let is_associative_dimension = matches!(
             entity,
@@ -247,6 +256,14 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     .attach_dimension_association(handle, sources);
             }
         }
+        if let (Some(handle), Some(field)) = (committed, text_field) {
+            crate::entities::field::set_text_field(
+                &mut self.tabs[i].scene.document,
+                handle,
+                Some(field),
+                &field_value,
+            );
+        }
         if let Some(handle) = committed {
             self.apply_continuous_constraints(i, &[handle]);
         }

src/app/commands/attdef.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 if let Some(state) = self.attdef_dialog.as_mut() {
                     if let Some(value) = value {
                         state.default = value;
+                        state.field = None;
                     }
                     self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDef);
                 }
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             align_below: false,
             can_align_below: session.last.is_some(),
             error: None,
+            field: None,
         });
         drop(session);
         self.tabs[i].active_cmd = None;
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             default: a.default_value.clone(),
             constant: a.flags.constant,
             error: None,
+            field: None,
+            field_changed: false,
         });
         self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDefEdit);
     }
@@ -164,7 +168,15 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             match m {
                 AttdefDialogMsg::EditTag(v) => edit.tag = v,
                 AttdefDialogMsg::EditPrompt(v) => edit.prompt = v,
-                AttdefDialogMsg::EditDefault(v) => edit.default = v,
+                AttdefDialogMsg::EditDefault(v) => {
+                    edit.default = v;
+                    edit.field = None;
+                    edit.field_changed = true;
+                }
+                AttdefDialogMsg::EditInsertField => {
+                    self.active_modal = None;
+                    self.open_field_dialog(crate::ui::window::field_dialog::FieldTarget::AttdefEdit);
+                }
                 AttdefDialogMsg::Help => self.command_line.push_info(
                     crate::t!("Changes the tag, prompt and default value of an attribute definition.")
                         .as_ref(),
@@ -189,7 +201,15 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             AttdefDialogMsg::Annotative(v) => state.annotative = v,
             AttdefDialogMsg::Tag(v) => state.tag = v,
             AttdefDialogMsg::Prompt(v) => state.prompt = v,
-            AttdefDialogMsg::Default(v) => state.default = v,
+            AttdefDialogMsg::Default(v) => {
+                state.default = v;
+                state.field = None;
+            }
+            AttdefDialogMsg::InsertField => {
+                self.active_modal = None;
+                self.open_field_dialog(crate::ui::window::field_dialog::FieldTarget::AttdefDefault);
+                return Task::none();
+            }
             AttdefDialogMsg::Justify(c) => state.justify = c.0,
             AttdefDialogMsg::Style(v) => state.style = v,
             AttdefDialogMsg::Height(v) => state.height = v,
@@ -279,6 +299,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             oblique_angle: defaults.oblique_angle,
             boundary_width: width,
             line_spacing: 1.0,
+            field: state.field.clone(),
         };
         self.attdef_dialog = None;
         self.close_active_modal();
@@ -288,6 +309,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             session.annotative = spec.annotative;
             session.on_screen = state.on_screen;
         }
+        // The choice is kept with the user settings, as the reference keeps it.
+        self.persist_settings_if_changed();
         self.reset_command_start_state(i);
         if state.align_below {
             let previous = attdef::session().last.clone();
@@ -336,7 +359,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             self.tabs[i].scene.document.get_entity(state.handle),
             Some(codec::EntityType::AttributeDefinition(a))
                 if a.tag != attdef::normalize_tag(&state.tag) || a.prompt != state.prompt || a.default_value != state.default
-        );
+        ) || state.field_changed;
         if changed && !self.reject_locked_edit(i, state.handle) {
             self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "DDEDIT");
             if let Some(codec::EntityType::AttributeDefinition(a)) =
@@ -348,6 +371,14 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 }
                 a.default_value = state.default.clone();
             }
+            if state.field_changed {
+                crate::entities::field::set_text_field(
+                    &mut self.tabs[i].scene.document,
+                    state.handle,
+                    state.field.clone(),
+                    &state.default,
+                );
+            }
             self.tabs[i]
                 .scene
                 .bump_entities(&[(state.handle, crate::scene::ChangeKind::Modified)]);

src/app/commands/field.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+//! FIELD and the Field dialog behind the ƒ buttons of the attribute
+//! definition dialogs.
+
+use crate::app::{Message, OpenCADStudio};
+use crate::command::CadCommand;
+use crate::modules::annotate::field_cmd::{FieldObjectPickCommand, FieldPlaceCommand};
+use crate::ui::window::field_dialog::{
+    fields_of, object_properties, FieldDialogMsg, FieldDialogState, FieldTarget, DATE_FORMATS,
+    NAMED_TYPES,
+};
+use iced::Task;
+
+impl OpenCADStudio {
+    pub(super) fn dispatch_field(&mut self, cmd: &str, i: usize) -> Option<Task<Message>> {
+        match cmd {
+            "FIELD" => {
+                self.open_field_dialog(FieldTarget::NewText);
+                Some(Task::none())
+            }
+            cmd if cmd == "_FIELD_OBJECT" || cmd.starts_with("_FIELD_OBJECT ") => {
+                let handle = cmd
+                    .split_whitespace()
+                    .nth(1)
+                    .and_then(|h| u64::from_str_radix(h, 16).ok())
+                    .map(codec::Handle::new);
+                if let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.as_mut() {
+                    if let Some(entity) = handle.and_then(|h| self.tabs[i].scene.document.get_entity(h)) {
+                        let props = object_properties(entity);
+                        state.object = Some((entity.common().handle, crate::t!(crate::entities::names::ui_name(entity)).into_owned()));
+                        state.object_prop = props.first().copied();
+                        state.object_props = props;
+                    }
+                    self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::Field);
+                    self.refresh_field_preview();
+                }
+                Some(Task::none())
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Open the Field dialog for `target`.
+    pub(in crate::app) fn open_field_dialog(&mut self, target: FieldTarget) {
+        let mut state = FieldDialogState::new(target);
+        state.examples = DATE_FORMATS
+            .iter()
+            .map(|f| self.field_value(&format!("\\AcVar Date \\f \"{f}\""), &[]))
+            .collect();
+        self.field_dialog = Some(state);
+        self.fill_named_objects();
+        self.refresh_field_preview();
+        self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::Field);
+    }
+
+    fn field_value(&self, code: &str, objects: &[codec::Handle]) -> String {
+        crate::entities::field::evaluate(&self.tabs[self.active_tab].scene.document, code, objects, None)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "----".to_string())
+    }
+
+    fn refresh_field_preview(&mut self) {
+        let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.as_ref() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let (code, objects) = state.code();
+        let preview = if state.complete() { self.field_value(&code, &objects) } else { String::new() };
+        if let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.as_mut() {
+            state.preview = preview;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The names of the chosen named-object type, sorted.
+    fn fill_named_objects(&mut self) {
+        let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.as_mut() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let document = &self.tabs[self.active_tab].scene.document;
+        let mut names: Vec<(String, codec::Handle)> = match NAMED_TYPES[state.named_type] {
+            "Block" => document
+                .block_records
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|b| !b.name.starts_with('*'))
+                .map(|b| (b.name.clone(), b.handle))
+                .collect(),
+            "Dimstyle" => document.dim_styles.iter().map(|s| (s.name.clone(), s.handle)).collect(),
+            "Layer" => document.layers.iter().map(|l| (l.name.clone(), l.handle)).collect(),
+            "Linetype" => document.line_types.iter().map(|l| (l.name.clone(), l.handle)).collect(),
+            "Textstyle" => document
+                .text_styles
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|s| !s.name.is_empty())
+                .map(|s| (s.name.clone(), s.handle))
+                .collect(),
+            "View" => document.views.iter().map(|v| (v.name.clone(), v.handle)).collect(),
+            _ => Vec::new(),
+        };
+        names.sort_by_key(|(n, _)| n.to_lowercase());
+        state.named_names = names;
+        state.named = None;
+    }
+
+    pub(in crate::app) fn on_field_dialog(&mut self, m: FieldDialogMsg) -> Task<Message> {
+        let i = self.active_tab;
+        let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.as_mut() else {
+            return Task::none();
+        };
+        match m {
+            FieldDialogMsg::Category(c) => {
+                state.category = c;
+                let names = fields_of(c);
+                if !names.contains(&state.name) {
+                    state.name = names.first().copied().unwrap_or("Date");
+                }
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::Name(n) => {
+                state.name = n;
+                state.text_case = 0;
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::DateFormat(f) => state.date_format = f,
+            FieldDialogMsg::DateExample(k) => {
+                if let Some(f) = DATE_FORMATS.get(k) {
+                    state.date_format = f.to_string();
+                }
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::TextCase(k) => state.text_case = k,
+            FieldDialogMsg::FileParts(b) => state.file_parts = b,
+            FieldDialogMsg::FileExtension(v) => state.file_extension = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::SizeUnit(k) => state.size_unit = k,
+            FieldDialogMsg::SysVar(v) => state.sysvar = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::Diesel(v) => state.diesel = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::NamedType(k) => {
+                state.named_type = k;
+                self.fill_named_objects();
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::Named(k) => state.named = Some(k),
+            FieldDialogMsg::ObjectProp(p) => state.object_prop = Some(p),
+            FieldDialogMsg::Formula(v) => state.formula = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::FormulaFormat(k) => state.formula_format = k,
+            FieldDialogMsg::FormulaPrecision(k) => state.formula_precision = k,
+            FieldDialogMsg::Evaluate => {}
+            FieldDialogMsg::HyperlinkText(v) => state.hyperlink_text = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::HyperlinkUrl(v) => state.hyperlink_url = v,
+            FieldDialogMsg::BrowseHyperlink => {
+                return Task::perform(
+                    async {
+                        rfd::AsyncFileDialog::new()
+                            .set_title(crate::t!("Select a file to link").as_ref())
+                            .pick_file()
+                            .await
+                            .map(|h| crate::sys::handle_path(&h))
+                    },
+                    |path| match path {
+                        Some(path) => Message::FieldDialog(FieldDialogMsg::HyperlinkUrl(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned())),
+                        None => Message::Noop,
+                    },
+                );
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::PlotScale(k) => state.plot_scale = k,
+            FieldDialogMsg::SelectObject => {
+                // The dialog waits while one object is picked.
+                self.active_modal = None;
+                let command = FieldObjectPickCommand;
+                self.command_line.push_info(&command.prompt());
+                self.tabs[i].active_cmd = Some(Box::new(command));
+                return Task::none();
+            }
+            FieldDialogMsg::Help => self.command_line.push_info(
+                crate::t!("Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source.").as_ref(),
+            ),
+            FieldDialogMsg::Ok => return self.field_dialog_ok(i),
+        }
+        self.refresh_field_preview();
+        Task::none()
+    }
+
+    fn field_dialog_ok(&mut self, i: usize) -> Task<Message> {
+        let Some(state) = self.field_dialog.take() else {
+            return Task::none();
+        };
+        let (code, objects) = state.code();
+        let value = state.preview.clone();
+        let field = Some((code, objects));
+        match state.target {
+            FieldTarget::NewText => {
+                self.close_active_modal();
+                let defaults =
+                    crate::scene::creation_style::current_text_defaults(&self.tabs[i].scene.document);
+                let command = FieldPlaceCommand::new(
+                    value,
+                    field.expect("set above"),
+                    defaults.style_name,
+                    defaults.height,
+                );
+                self.reset_command_start_state(i);
+                self.command_line.push_info(&command.prompt());
+                self.tabs[i].active_cmd = Some(Box::new(command));
+                self.push_ucs_to_cmd(i);
+                return self.focus_cmd_input();
+            }
+            FieldTarget::AttdefDefault => {
+                if let Some(dialog) = self.attdef_dialog.as_mut() {
+                    dialog.default = value;
+                    dialog.field = field;
+                }
+                self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDef);
+            }
+            FieldTarget::AttdefEdit => {
+                if let Some(edit) = self.attdef_edit.as_mut() {
+                    edit.default = value;
+                    edit.field = field;
+                    edit.field_changed = true;
+                }
+                self.active_modal = Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDefEdit);
+            }
+        }
+        Task::none()
+    }
+
+    /// The dialogs a Field dialog was opened from come back when it closes.
+    pub(in crate::app) fn close_field_dialog(&mut self) {
+        let target = self.field_dialog.take().map(|s| s.target);
+        self.close_active_modal();
+        self.active_modal = match target {
+            Some(FieldTarget::AttdefDefault) if self.attdef_dialog.is_some() => Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDef),
+            Some(FieldTarget::AttdefEdit) if self.attdef_edit.is_some() => Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDefEdit),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+    }
+}

src/app/commands/mod.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use iced::Task;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 mod attdef;
+mod field;
 mod blocks;
 mod xref_attach;
 mod dim;
@@ -292,6 +293,9 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         if let Some(t) = self.dispatch_attdef(cmd, i) {
             return Some(t);
         }
+        if let Some(t) = self.dispatch_field(cmd, i) {
+            return Some(t);
+        }
         if let Some(t) = self.dispatch_draw(cmd, i) {
             return Some(t);
         }
@@ -664,6 +668,7 @@ inventory::submit!(crate::command::CommandRegistration {
         "DGNFRAME",
         "PDFOSNAP",
         "UOSNAP",
+        "FIELDDISPLAY",
         "PDFIMPORTMODE",
         "PDFIMPORTFILTER",
         "PDFIMPORTLAYERS",

src/app/commands/styleprops.rs

@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     | "DWFOSNAP"
                     | "DGNOSNAP"
                     | "UOSNAP"
+                    | "FIELDDISPLAY"
                     | "PDFIMPORTMODE"
                     | "PDFIMPORTFILTER"
                     | "PDFIMPORTLAYERS"
@@ -1232,6 +1233,40 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         }
                         return Some(self.finish_dispatch(cmd));
                     }
+                    if name == "FIELDDISPLAY" {
+                        let current = i16::from(crate::entities::field::display());
+                        match value.as_deref().map(|v| v.trim().parse::<i16>().ok().filter(|v| (0..=1).contains(v))) {
+                            Some(Some(mode)) => {
+                                if current != mode {
+                                    crate::entities::field::set_display(mode == 1);
+                                    // A profile setting: redraw the fields of every open drawing.
+                                    for tab in &mut self.tabs {
+                                        let changes: Vec<_> = tab
+                                            .scene
+                                            .document
+                                            .entities()
+                                            .filter(|e| crate::entities::field::hosts_field(&tab.scene.document, e))
+                                            .map(|e| (e.common().handle, crate::scene::ChangeKind::Modified))
+                                            .collect();
+                                        if !changes.is_empty() {
+                                            tab.scene.bump_entities(&changes);
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    self.save_config();
+                                }
+                            }
+                            Some(None) => {
+                                self.command_line.push_error(crate::t!("Requires 0 or 1 only.").as_ref());
+                                self.command_line.push_output(&format!("Enter new value for FIELDDISPLAY <{current}>:"));
+                                self.pending_setvar = Some(name.clone());
+                            }
+                            None => {
+                                self.command_line.push_output(&format!("Enter new value for FIELDDISPLAY <{current}>:"));
+                                self.pending_setvar = Some(name.clone());
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return Some(self.finish_dispatch(cmd));
+                    }
                     if matches!(name.as_str(), "PDFOSNAP" | "DWFOSNAP" | "DGNOSNAP" | "UOSNAP") {
                         use crate::scene::model::pdf_vector as pv;
                         use codec::entities::UnderlayType;

src/app/control/actions.rs

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ pub(super) const NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "ribbon_dropdown",
     "dialog_ok",
     "attdef_dialog",
+    "field_dialog",
     "close_document",
     "toggle_properties",
     "toggle_layers",
@@ -958,6 +959,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     "align_below" => M::AlignBelow(on),
                     "edit_value" => M::EditValue,
                     "dismiss" => M::DismissError,
+                    "insert_field" if editing => M::EditInsertField,
+                    "insert_field" => M::InsertField,
                     "x" => M::Coord(0, v.into()),
                     "y" => M::Coord(1, v.into()),
                     "z" => M::Coord(2, v.into()),
@@ -975,6 +978,42 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     _ => return Err(failure("invalid_value", "Unknown attdef dialog field")),
                 })
             }
+            // One field of the open Field dialog: `category=<index>`, `name=Date`,
+            // `date=yyyy-MM-dd`, `case=0..4`, `file=1|2|3`, `ext=0|1`, `size=0..2`,
+            // `sysvar=dimscale`, `diesel=…`, `named_type=<index>`, `named=<index>`,
+            // `prop=Area`, `select_object`, `formula=(1+2)*3`, `formula_format=<index>`,
+            // `precision=<index>`, `link_text=…`, `link_url=…`, `plot_scale=<index>`.
+            "field_dialog" => {
+                use crate::ui::window::field_dialog::{self as fd, FieldDialogMsg as F};
+                let value = string(req, "value")?;
+                let (key, v) = value.split_once('=').unwrap_or((value, ""));
+                let index = || v.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| failure("invalid_value", "index expected"));
+                let known = |list: &[&'static str]| {
+                    list.iter().copied().find(|n| n.eq_ignore_ascii_case(v)).ok_or_else(|| failure("invalid_value", "unknown name"))
+                };
+                Message::FieldDialog(match key {
+                    "category" => F::Category(index()?),
+                    "name" => F::Name(known(&fd::fields_of(0))?),
+                    "date" => F::DateFormat(v.into()),
+                    "case" => F::TextCase(index()?),
+                    "file" => F::FileParts(v.parse::<u8>().map_err(|_| failure("invalid_value", "1|2|3"))?),
+                    "ext" => F::FileExtension(v == "1"),
+                    "size" => F::SizeUnit(index()?),
+                    "sysvar" => F::SysVar(v.into()),
+                    "diesel" => F::Diesel(v.into()),
+                    "named_type" => F::NamedType(index()?),
+                    "named" => F::Named(index()?),
+                    "prop" => F::ObjectProp(known(&["Area", "Center", "Circumference", "Diameter", "EndPoint", "Length", "Radius", "StartPoint"])?),
+                    "select_object" => F::SelectObject,
+                    "formula" => F::Formula(v.into()),
+                    "formula_format" => F::FormulaFormat(index()?),
+                    "precision" => F::FormulaPrecision(index()?),
+                    "link_text" => F::HyperlinkText(v.into()),
+                    "link_url" => F::HyperlinkUrl(v.into()),
+                    "plot_scale" => F::PlotScale(index()?),
+                    _ => return Err(failure("invalid_value", "Unknown field dialog key")),
+                })
+            }
             "ribbon_dropdown" => Message::ToggleRibbonDropdown(string(req, "value")?.into()),
             "pdf_dialog_ok" => {
                 use crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::PdfDialogMsg;
@@ -1001,6 +1040,9 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 Some(crate::app::ModalKind::AttDefEdit) => Message::AttdefDialog(
                     crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::AttdefDialogMsg::EditOk,
                 ),
+                Some(crate::app::ModalKind::Field) => Message::FieldDialog(
+                    crate::ui::window::field_dialog::FieldDialogMsg::Ok,
+                ),
                 _ => return Err(failure("no_dialog", "No dialog with an OK button is open")),
             },
             "close_document" => Message::TabClose(self.tabs[self.active_tab].id),

src/app/mod.rs

@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ pub(super) struct OpenCADStudio {
     /// ATTDEF dialog and Edit Attribute Definition dialog; `None` while closed.
     attdef_dialog: Option<crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::AttdefDialogState>,
     attdef_edit: Option<crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::AttdefEditState>,
+    /// Field dialog working copy; `None` while closed.
+    field_dialog: Option<crate::ui::window::field_dialog::FieldDialogState>,
     point_cloud_color_map: Option<crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::PointCloudColorMapState>,
     pc_section: Option<crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::PcSectionState>,
     underlay_layers: Option<crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::UnderlayLayersState>,
@@ -1938,6 +1940,7 @@ pub enum ModalKind {
     GeometricTolerance,
     AttDef,
     AttDefEdit,
+    Field,
     DraftingSettings,
     AutoConstrainSettings,
     LayerStateEditor,
@@ -3891,6 +3894,7 @@ pub enum Message {
     /// An edit in one of the PDF dialogs.
     PdfDialog(crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::PdfDialogMsg),
     AttdefDialog(crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::AttdefDialogMsg),
+    FieldDialog(crate::ui::window::field_dialog::FieldDialogMsg),
     /// A click or search in the Point Cloud Manager.
     PcManager(crate::ui::window::pc_manager::PcManagerMsg),
     PdfImportPickResult(Result<(std::path::PathBuf, std::sync::Arc<Vec<u8>>), String>),
@@ -4086,6 +4090,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             point_cloud_attach: None,
             attdef_dialog: None,
             attdef_edit: None,
+            field_dialog: None,
             point_cloud_color_map: None,
             pc_section: None,
             underlay_layers: None,

src/app/settings.rs

@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ pub struct UserSettings {
     /// IMAGEFRAME of the profile: used by new drawings and by drawings that
     /// carry no image variables of their own.
     pub image_frame: i16,
+    /// The Attribute Definition dialog's "Specify on-screen" choice.
+    pub attdef_on_screen: bool,
+    /// FIELDDISPLAY: fields show on a gray background.
+    pub field_display: bool,
     /// Nested-copy symbol handling: false inserts, true binds.
     pub ncopy_bind: bool,
     /// Last Options page; unknown saved names fall back without rejecting the config.
@@ -784,6 +788,8 @@ impl Default for UserSettings {
             right_click_hold_ms: 250,
             grip_object_limit: DEFAULT_GRIP_OBJECT_LIMIT,
             image_frame: 1,
+            attdef_on_screen: true,
+            field_display: true,
             ncopy_bind: false,
             cursor_type: CursorType::Crosshair,
             crosshair_color: None,

src/app/update/file.rs

@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             right_click_hold_ms: self.right_click_hold_ms,
             grip_object_limit: self.grip_object_limit,
             image_frame: crate::scene::frame::profile_image_mode(),
+            attdef_on_screen: crate::modules::draw::draw::attdef::session().on_screen,
+            field_display: crate::entities::field::display(),
             ncopy_bind: self.ncopy_bind,
             cursor_type: self.cursor_type,
             crosshair_color: self.crosshair_color,
@@ -774,6 +776,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         self.right_click_hold_ms = super::super::settings::clamp_right_click_hold_ms(s.right_click_hold_ms);
         self.grip_object_limit = s.grip_object_limit.clamp(0, 32767);
         crate::scene::frame::set_profile_image_mode(s.image_frame);
+        crate::modules::draw::draw::attdef::session().on_screen = s.attdef_on_screen;
+        crate::entities::field::set_display(s.field_display);
         self.ncopy_bind = s.ncopy_bind;
         self.cursor_type = s.cursor_type;
         self.crosshair_color = s.crosshair_color;

src/app/update/mod.rs

@@ -1817,6 +1817,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
 
             Message::PdfDialog(message) => self.update_pdf_dialog(message),
             Message::AttdefDialog(message) => self.on_attdef_dialog(message),
+            Message::FieldDialog(message) => self.on_field_dialog(message),
             Message::PcManager(message) => self.update_pc_manager(message),
             Message::RibbonSelectTab(idx) => {
                 self.ribbon.select(idx);
@@ -8520,6 +8521,10 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             }
 
             Message::CloseModal => {
+                if self.active_modal == Some(super::ModalKind::Field) {
+                    self.close_field_dialog();
+                    return Task::none();
+                }
                 if matches!(
                     self.active_modal,
                     Some(super::ModalKind::AttDef | super::ModalKind::AttDefEdit)

src/app/view/modal.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             Some(K::GeometricTolerance) => crate::t!("Geometric Tolerance").into_owned(),
             Some(K::AttDef) => crate::t!("Attribute Definition").into_owned(),
             Some(K::AttDefEdit) => crate::t!("Edit Attribute Definition").into_owned(),
+            Some(K::Field) => crate::t!("Field").into_owned(),
             Some(K::DraftingSettings) => crate::t!("Drafting Settings").into_owned(),
             Some(K::AutoConstrainSettings) => crate::t!("Constraint Settings").into_owned(),
             Some(K::LayerStateEditor) => crate::tr!("modal", "edit-layer-state"),
@@ -579,6 +580,10 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 let state = self.attdef_dialog.as_ref()?;
                 sized_flow(ex, 720, 520, |flow| crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::view(state, flow))
             }
+            super::super::ModalKind::Field => {
+                let state = self.field_dialog.as_ref()?;
+                sized_flow(ex, 760, 660, |flow| crate::ui::window::field_dialog::view(state, flow))
+            }
             super::super::ModalKind::AttDefEdit => {
                 let state = self.attdef_edit.as_ref()?;
                 sized_flow(ex, 460, 220, |flow| crate::ui::window::attdef_dialog::view_edit(state, flow))

src/command.rs

@@ -2634,6 +2634,12 @@ pub trait CadCommand: Send {
     /// Resume the command with collected rich text.
     fn on_editor_text(&mut self, _value: String) {}
 
+    /// A field (code and referenced objects) to attach to the entity this
+    /// command commits.
+    fn text_field(&self) -> Option<(String, Vec<Handle>)> {
+        None
+    }
+
     fn on_editor_display_height(&mut self, _height: f64) {}
 
     /// Called when the user clicks and `needs_entity_pick()` is true.

src/entities/field.rs

@@ -11,16 +11,35 @@ use codec::fields::FieldContext;
 use codec::types::Handle;
 use codec::CadDocument;
 
-/// OCS's environment provider for field evaluation.
+/// OCS's environment provider for field evaluation. With the document at
-struct OcsFieldContext;
+/// hand it also answers the system variables the engine asks the host for.
+struct OcsFieldContext<'a>(Option<&'a CadDocument>);
 
-impl FieldContext for OcsFieldContext {
+impl FieldContext for OcsFieldContext<'_> {
     fn now_julian(&self) -> f64 {
-        // Unix epoch is Julian Day 2440587.5.
+        // Fields show local time. Unix epoch is Julian Day 2440587.5.
-        epoch_secs() as f64 / 86_400.0 + 2_440_587.5
+        now_utc_julian() + utc_offset_days()
+    }
+
+    fn file_times(&self) -> Option<(f64, f64)> {
+        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+        {
+            let meta = std::fs::metadata(self.0?.source_path.as_deref()?).ok()?;
+            let julian = |t: std::time::SystemTime| -> Option<f64> {
+                let secs = t.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).ok()?.as_secs_f64();
+                Some(secs / 86_400.0 + 2_440_587.5 + utc_offset_days())
+            };
+            return Some((julian(meta.created().ok()?)?, julian(meta.modified().ok()?)?));
+        }
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+        None
     }
 
     fn login(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        // The account's display name, as the reference shows it.
+        if let Some(name) = display_name() {
+            return Some(name);
+        }
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         {
             for var in ["USER", "LOGNAME", "USERNAME"] {
@@ -34,6 +53,24 @@ impl FieldContext for OcsFieldContext {
         None
     }
 
+    fn getvar(&self, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
+        self.0.and_then(|document| sysvar(document, name))
+    }
+
+    fn file_size(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+        {
+            let path = self.0?.source_path.as_deref()?;
+            return std::fs::metadata(path).ok().map(|m| m.len());
+        }
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn date_locale(&self) -> codec::fields::DateLocale {
+        os_date_locale()
+    }
+
     fn getenv(&self, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         {
@@ -50,7 +87,7 @@ impl FieldContext for OcsFieldContext {
 /// Re-evaluate the field hosted by entity `host` (usually an MTEXT), or `None`
 /// to keep the cached text. Thin wrapper over the library engine.
 pub fn resolve(document: &CadDocument, host: Handle) -> Option<String> {
-    codec::fields::resolve(document, host, &OcsFieldContext)
+    codec::fields::resolve(document, host, &OcsFieldContext(Some(document)))
 }
 
 pub fn resolve_handle(
@@ -58,7 +95,88 @@ pub fn resolve_handle(
     field: Handle,
     host: Handle,
 ) -> Option<String> {
-    codec::fields::resolve_handle(document, field, host, &OcsFieldContext)
+    codec::fields::resolve_handle(document, field, host, &OcsFieldContext(Some(document)))
+}
+
+/// Evaluate one field code (`\AcVar Date \f "yyyy-MM-dd"`, or the `%<…>%`
+/// form) for a preview; `None` when it cannot be evaluated.
+pub fn evaluate(
+    document: &CadDocument,
+    code: &str,
+    objects: &[Handle],
+    host: Option<Handle>,
+) -> Option<String> {
+    codec::fields::evaluate_code(document, code, objects, host, &OcsFieldContext(Some(document)))
+}
+
+/// The system variables the Field dialog lists, in its order (lower case).
+pub const SYSVARS: &[&str] = &[
+    "aunits", "auprec", "celtscale", "chamfera", "chamferb", "chamferc", "chamferd",
+    "clayer", "dimscale", "dimtxt", "dwgname", "dwgprefix", "elevation", "filletrad",
+    "insbase", "insunits", "limmax", "limmin", "ltscale", "lunits", "luprec",
+    "measurement", "mirrtext", "pdmode", "pdsize", "textsize", "textstyle", "thickness",
+    "useri1", "useri2", "useri3", "useri4", "useri5", "userr1", "userr2", "userr3",
+    "userr4", "userr5",
+];
+
+/// Real system variables show six decimals, as the reference shows them
+/// (TEXTSIZE 2.500000).
+fn num(v: f64) -> String {
+    format!("{v:.6}")
+}
+
+/// A system variable's value as a field shows it.
+pub fn sysvar(document: &CadDocument, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let h = &document.header;
+    let path = document.source_path.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+    let (folder, file) = match path.rfind(['/', '\\']) {
+        Some(i) => (&path[..=i], &path[i + 1..]),
+        None => ("", path),
+    };
+    Some(match name.trim().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+        "aunits" => h.angular_unit_format.to_string(),
+        "auprec" => h.angular_unit_precision.to_string(),
+        "celtscale" => num(h.current_entity_linetype_scale),
+        "chamfera" => num(h.chamfer_distance_a),
+        "chamferb" => num(h.chamfer_distance_b),
+        "chamferc" => num(h.chamfer_length),
+        "chamferd" => num(h.chamfer_angle),
+        "clayer" => h.current_layer_name.clone(),
+        "dimscale" => num(h.dim_scale),
+        "dimtxt" => num(h.dim_text_height),
+        "dwgname" => if file.is_empty() { "Drawing1.dwg".to_string() } else { file.to_string() },
+        "dwgprefix" => folder.to_string(),
+        "elevation" => num(h.elevation),
+        "filletrad" => num(h.fillet_radius),
+        "insbase" => {
+            let p = h.model_space_insertion_base;
+            format!("{},{},{}", num(p.x), num(p.y), num(p.z))
+        }
+        "insunits" => h.insertion_units.to_string(),
+        "limmax" => format!("{},{}", num(h.model_space_limits_max.x), num(h.model_space_limits_max.y)),
+        "limmin" => format!("{},{}", num(h.model_space_limits_min.x), num(h.model_space_limits_min.y)),
+        "ltscale" => num(h.linetype_scale),
+        "lunits" => h.linear_unit_format.to_string(),
+        "luprec" => h.linear_unit_precision.to_string(),
+        "measurement" => h.measurement.to_string(),
+        "mirrtext" => i16::from(h.mirror_text).to_string(),
+        "pdmode" => h.point_display_mode.to_string(),
+        "pdsize" => num(h.point_display_size),
+        "textsize" => num(h.text_height),
+        "textstyle" => h.current_text_style_name.clone(),
+        "thickness" => num(h.thickness),
+        "useri1" => h.user_int1.to_string(),
+        "useri2" => h.user_int2.to_string(),
+        "useri3" => h.user_int3.to_string(),
+        "useri4" => h.user_int4.to_string(),
+        "useri5" => h.user_int5.to_string(),
+        "userr1" => num(h.user_real1),
+        "userr2" => num(h.user_real2),
+        "userr3" => num(h.user_real3),
+        "userr4" => num(h.user_real4),
+        "userr5" => num(h.user_real5),
+        _ => return None,
+    })
 }
 
 /// Seconds since the Unix epoch. Native uses the system clock; wasm uses the JS
@@ -77,3 +195,168 @@ fn epoch_secs() -> i64 {
         (js_sys::Date::now() / 1000.0) as i64
     }
 }
+
+/// Attach `field` (its code and referenced objects) to `host`, showing
+/// `value`; `None` removes the host's field.
+pub fn set_text_field(
+    document: &mut CadDocument,
+    host: Handle,
+    field: Option<(String, Vec<Handle>)>,
+    value: &str,
+) {
+    match field {
+        Some((code, objects)) => {
+            let mut child = codec::fields::NewField::new(code, value);
+            child.objects = objects;
+            document.set_text_field(host, "%<\\_FldIdx 0>%", vec![child]);
+        }
+        None => {
+            document.remove_text_field(host);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Month and day names and the regional date / time pictures, as date
+/// fields show them: the operating system's regional settings.
+fn os_date_locale() -> codec::fields::DateLocale {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        use windows_sys::Win32::Globalization::GetLocaleInfoEx;
+        let info = |kind: u32| -> Option<String> {
+            let mut buffer = [0u16; 128];
+            // A null locale name is the user's default locale.
+            let len = unsafe { GetLocaleInfoEx(std::ptr::null(), kind, buffer.as_mut_ptr(), buffer.len() as i32) };
+            (len > 1).then(|| String::from_utf16_lossy(&buffer[..len as usize - 1]))
+        };
+        let mut locale = codec::fields::DateLocale::default();
+        for k in 0..12u32 {
+            if let Some(v) = info(0x38 + k) {
+                locale.months[k as usize] = v; // LOCALE_SMONTHNAME1..
+            }
+            if let Some(v) = info(0x44 + k) {
+                locale.months_abbr[k as usize] = v; // LOCALE_SABBREVMONTHNAME1..
+            }
+        }
+        // LOCALE_SDAYNAME1 is Monday; the codec lists Sunday first.
+        for k in 0..7u32 {
+            let slot = ((k + 1) % 7) as usize;
+            if let Some(v) = info(0x2A + k) {
+                locale.days[slot] = v;
+            }
+            if let Some(v) = info(0x31 + k) {
+                locale.days_abbr[slot] = v;
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = info(0x28) {
+            locale.am = v; // LOCALE_S1159
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = info(0x29) {
+            locale.pm = v; // LOCALE_S2359
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = info(0x1F) {
+            locale.short_date = v; // LOCALE_SSHORTDATE
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = info(0x20) {
+            locale.long_date = v; // LOCALE_SLONGDATE
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = info(0x1003) {
+            locale.long_time = v; // LOCALE_STIMEFORMAT
+        }
+        locale
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    codec::fields::DateLocale::default()
+}
+
+/// FIELDDISPLAY: whether fields show on a gray background (not plotted).
+/// A profile setting, so one value for every drawing.
+static FIELD_DISPLAY: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(true);
+
+pub fn display() -> bool {
+    FIELD_DISPLAY.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
+pub fn set_display(on: bool) {
+    FIELD_DISPLAY.store(on, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+}
+
+/// The gray the reference draws behind a field.
+pub const BACKGROUND: [f32; 4] = [203.0 / 255.0, 203.0 / 255.0, 203.0 / 255.0, 1.0];
+
+/// Whether `entity` hosts a field: its extension dictionary has ACAD_FIELD.
+pub fn hosts_field(document: &CadDocument, entity: &codec::entities::EntityType) -> bool {
+    let Some(xdict) = entity.common().xdictionary_handle else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    matches!(
+        document.objects.get(&xdict),
+        Some(codec::objects::ObjectType::Dictionary(d)) if d.get("ACAD_FIELD").is_some()
+    )
+}
+
+fn now_utc_julian() -> f64 {
+    epoch_secs() as f64 / 86_400.0 + 2_440_587.5
+}
+
+/// Local time minus UTC, in days (the zone's current offset).
+pub fn utc_offset_days() -> f64 {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::FILETIME;
+        use windows_sys::Win32::Storage::FileSystem::FileTimeToLocalFileTime;
+        // 100 ns ticks since 1601-01-01.
+        let ticks = (epoch_secs() as u64 + 11_644_473_600) * 10_000_000;
+        let utc = FILETIME { dwLowDateTime: ticks as u32, dwHighDateTime: (ticks >> 32) as u32 };
+        let mut local = FILETIME { dwLowDateTime: 0, dwHighDateTime: 0 };
+        if unsafe { FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&utc, &mut local) } != 0 {
+            let local = ((local.dwHighDateTime as u64) << 32) | local.dwLowDateTime as u64;
+            return (local as i64 - ticks as i64) as f64 / 864_000_000_000.0;
+        }
+        0.0
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    0.0
+}
+
+/// A DWG stores its header dates in universal time only; the local TDCREATE
+/// and TDUPDATE come from the zone, as the reference derives them on load.
+pub fn local_header_dates(document: &mut CadDocument) {
+    let h = &mut document.header;
+    let offset = utc_offset_days();
+    if h.universal_create_date_julian != 0.0 && h.create_date_julian == h.universal_create_date_julian {
+        h.create_date_julian = h.universal_create_date_julian + offset;
+    }
+    if h.universal_update_date_julian != 0.0 && h.update_date_julian == h.universal_update_date_julian {
+        h.update_date_julian = h.universal_update_date_julian + offset;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Stamp the header's update date (and the creation date of a new drawing)
+/// in local and universal time before a save.
+pub fn stamp_save_dates(document: &mut CadDocument) {
+    let utc = now_utc_julian();
+    let local = utc + utc_offset_days();
+    let h = &mut document.header;
+    if h.create_date_julian == 0.0 && h.universal_create_date_julian == 0.0 {
+        h.create_date_julian = local;
+        h.universal_create_date_julian = utc;
+    }
+    h.update_date_julian = local;
+    h.universal_update_date_julian = utc;
+}
+
+/// The signed-in account's display name, when it has one.
+fn display_name() -> Option<String> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        use windows_sys::Win32::Security::Authentication::Identity::{GetUserNameExW, NameDisplay};
+        let mut buffer = [0u16; 256];
+        let mut len = buffer.len() as u32;
+        if unsafe { GetUserNameExW(NameDisplay, buffer.as_mut_ptr(), &mut len) } && len > 0 {
+            return Some(String::from_utf16_lossy(&buffer[..len as usize])).filter(|n| !n.trim().is_empty());
+        }
+        None
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    None
+}

src/io/mod.rs

@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ async fn load_web_bytes(
     }
     fix_viewport_status_flags(&mut doc);
     fix_current_style_names(&mut doc);
+    crate::entities::field::local_header_dates(&mut doc);
     progress.set(crate::app::OPEN_PHASE_CACHING, 7000, 0, 1);
     let dropped = purge_corrupt_entities(&mut doc);
     if !recovery_mode && dropped > 0 {
@@ -764,6 +765,7 @@ pub fn load_bytes(name: &str, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<CadDocument, String> {
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
             fix_viewport_status_flags(&mut doc);
             fix_current_style_names(&mut doc);
+    crate::entities::field::local_header_dates(&mut doc);
             Ok(doc)
         }
         "dxf" => {
@@ -775,6 +777,7 @@ pub fn load_bytes(name: &str, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<CadDocument, String> {
             fix_dxf_layout_plot_settings(&mut doc);
             fix_viewport_status_flags(&mut doc);
             fix_current_style_names(&mut doc);
+    crate::entities::field::local_header_dates(&mut doc);
             Ok(doc)
         }
         _ => Err(format!("Unsupported file format: .{ext}")),
@@ -1040,6 +1043,7 @@ fn finalize_loaded_outcome(
     }
     fix_viewport_status_flags(doc);
     fix_current_style_names(doc);
+    crate::entities::field::local_header_dates(doc);
     resolve_raster_image_paths(doc, path.parent());
     doc.source_path = Some(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
     Ok(outcome)

src/locale_catalog.rs

@@ -217,6 +217,44 @@ pub(super) fn message_attribute(source: &str) -> Option<(&'static str, &'static
         "The tag may not contain spaces." => Some(("insert", "attdef-tag-spaces")),
         "Value must be positive and nonzero." => Some(("insert", "attdef-positive")),
         "Requires valid numeric angle or second point." => Some(("insert", "attdef-angle")),
+        "Field" => Some(("insert", "field-title")),
+        "Category" => Some(("insert", "field-category")),
+        "Date format" => Some(("insert", "field-date-format")),
+        "Examples" => Some(("insert", "field-examples")),
+        "Display file extension" => Some(("insert", "field-file-extension")),
+        "Filename only" => Some(("insert", "field-filename-only")),
+        "Path only" => Some(("insert", "field-path-only")),
+        "Path and filename" => Some(("insert", "field-path-filename")),
+        "Bytes" => Some(("insert", "field-bytes")),
+        "Kilobytes" => Some(("insert", "field-kilobytes")),
+        "Megabytes" => Some(("insert", "field-megabytes")),
+        "System variable" => Some(("insert", "field-system-variable")),
+        "Diesel expression" => Some(("insert", "field-diesel")),
+        "Named object type" => Some(("insert", "field-named-type")),
+        "Object type" => Some(("insert", "field-object-type")),
+        "Select object" => Some(("insert", "field-select-object")),
+        "Field expression" => Some(("insert", "field-expression")),
+        "Inserts a field: text that updates from the drawing, the date or another source." => Some(("insert", "field-help")),
+        "Linked" => Some(("insert", "field-cat-linked")),
+        "Current precision" => Some(("insert", "field-current-precision")),
+        "Evaluate" => Some(("insert", "field-evaluate")),
+        "Text to display" => Some(("insert", "field-text-to-display")),
+        "Address" => Some(("insert", "field-address")),
+        "Select a file to link" => Some(("insert", "field-select-link-file")),
+        "Current units" => Some(("insert", "field-current-units")),
+        "Use scale name" => Some(("insert", "field-use-scale-name")),
+        "Date & Time" => Some(("insert", "field-cat-date")),
+        "Document" => Some(("insert", "field-cat-document")),
+        "Other" => Some(("insert", "field-cat-other")),
+        "Uppercase" => Some(("insert", "field-case-upper")),
+        "Lowercase" => Some(("insert", "field-case-lower")),
+        "First capital" => Some(("insert", "field-case-first")),
+        "Title case" => Some(("insert", "field-case-title")),
+        "Dimstyle" => Some(("insert", "field-named-dimstyle")),
+        "Tablestyle" => Some(("insert", "field-named-tablestyle")),
+        "Textstyle" => Some(("insert", "field-named-textstyle")),
+        "EndPoint" => Some(("insert", "field-prop-endpoint")),
+        "StartPoint" => Some(("insert", "field-prop-startpoint")),
         "Stylization" => Some(("properties", "stylization")),
         "Color scheme" => Some(("properties", "color-scheme")),
         "Scan Colors" => Some(("properties", "scan-colors")),

src/modules/annotate/field_cmd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+// FIELD — places the field chosen in the Field dialog as a multi-line text,
+// and the object pick behind the dialog's "Select object" button.
+
+use codec::entities::mtext::AttachmentPoint;
+use codec::entities::MText;
+use codec::types::{Handle, Vector3};
+use codec::EntityType;
+use glam::DVec3;
+
+use crate::command::{CadCommand, CmdResult, InputKind, WorkingPlane};
+
+/// A field to attach to the entity a command commits: the field code and the
+/// objects it refers to.
+pub type TextField = (String, Vec<Handle>);
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+enum Step {
+    Point,
+    Height,
+    Justify,
+}
+
+/// `Specify start point or [Height/Justify]:` → an MTEXT holding the field.
+pub struct FieldPlaceCommand {
+    step: Step,
+    value: String,
+    field: TextField,
+    style: String,
+    height: f64,
+    attachment: AttachmentPoint,
+    plane: WorkingPlane,
+}
+
+impl FieldPlaceCommand {
+    pub fn new(value: String, field: TextField, style: String, height: f64) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            step: Step::Point,
+            value,
+            field,
+            style,
+            height,
+            attachment: AttachmentPoint::TopLeft,
+            plane: WorkingPlane::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn short(v: f64) -> String {
+    let t = format!("{v:.4}");
+    t.trim_end_matches('0').trim_end_matches('.').to_string()
+}
+
+impl CadCommand for FieldPlaceCommand {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "FIELD"
+    }
+
+    fn set_working_plane(&mut self, plane: WorkingPlane) {
+        self.plane = plane;
+    }
+
+    fn prompt(&self) -> String {
+        match self.step {
+            Step::Point => "Specify start point or [Height/Justify]:".into(),
+            Step::Height => format!("Specify height <{}>:", short(self.height)),
+            Step::Justify => "Enter justification [TL/TC/TR/ML/MC/MR/BL/BC/BR] <TL>:".into(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn input_kind(&self) -> InputKind {
+        match self.step {
+            Step::Justify => InputKind::SingleToken,
+            _ => InputKind::Point,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn point_step_accepts_keywords(&self) -> bool {
+        self.step == Step::Point
+    }
+
+    fn on_text_input(&mut self, text: &str) -> Option<CmdResult> {
+        let word = text.trim().trim_start_matches('_').to_ascii_uppercase();
+        match self.step {
+            Step::Point => match word.as_str() {
+                "H" | "HEIGHT" => self.step = Step::Height,
+                "J" | "JUSTIFY" => self.step = Step::Justify,
+                "" => return Some(CmdResult::ReportError("Point or option keyword required.".into())),
+                _ => return Some(CmdResult::ReportError("Point or option keyword required.".into())),
+            },
+            Step::Height => {
+                if word.is_empty() {
+                    self.step = Step::Point;
+                    return Some(CmdResult::NeedPoint);
+                }
+                match word.parse::<f64>() {
+                    Ok(v) if v > 0.0 => {
+                        self.height = v;
+                        self.step = Step::Point;
+                    }
+                    Ok(_) => return Some(CmdResult::ReportError("Value must be positive and nonzero.".into())),
+                    Err(_) => return Some(CmdResult::ReportError("Requires numeric distance or two points.".into())),
+                }
+            }
+            Step::Justify => {
+                self.attachment = match word.as_str() {
+                    "" | "TL" => AttachmentPoint::TopLeft,
+                    "TC" => AttachmentPoint::TopCenter,
+                    "TR" => AttachmentPoint::TopRight,
+                    "ML" => AttachmentPoint::MiddleLeft,
+                    "MC" => AttachmentPoint::MiddleCenter,
+                    "MR" => AttachmentPoint::MiddleRight,
+                    "BL" => AttachmentPoint::BottomLeft,
+                    "BC" => AttachmentPoint::BottomCenter,
+                    "BR" => AttachmentPoint::BottomRight,
+                    _ => return Some(CmdResult::ReportError("Invalid option keyword.".into())),
+                };
+                self.step = Step::Point;
+            }
+        }
+        Some(CmdResult::NeedPoint)
+    }
+
+    fn on_point(&mut self, pt: DVec3) -> CmdResult {
+        if self.step == Step::Height {
+            return CmdResult::NeedPoint;
+        }
+        let p = self.plane.to_local(pt);
+        let mut mtext = MText::new();
+        mtext.value = self.value.clone();
+        mtext.insertion_point = Vector3::new(p.x, p.y, p.z);
+        mtext.height = self.height;
+        mtext.style = self.style.clone();
+        mtext.attachment_point = self.attachment;
+        // No defined width: the field text never wraps.
+        mtext.rectangle_width = 0.0;
+        CmdResult::CommitAndExit(self.plane.place_entity(EntityType::MText(mtext)))
+    }
+
+    fn on_enter(&mut self) -> CmdResult {
+        match self.step {
+            Step::Point => CmdResult::ReportError("Point or option keyword required.".into()),
+            _ => self.on_text_input("").unwrap_or(CmdResult::NeedPoint),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn text_field(&self) -> Option<TextField> {
+        Some(self.field.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+/// The Field dialog's "Select object": one object is picked and handed back
+/// (`_FIELD_OBJECT <handle>`); Esc returns without one.
+pub struct FieldObjectPickCommand;
+
+impl CadCommand for FieldObjectPickCommand {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "FIELD"
+    }
+
+    fn prompt(&self) -> String {
+        "Select object:".into()
+    }
+
+    fn needs_entity_pick(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn entity_pick_highlights_hover(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn on_entity_pick(&mut self, handle: Handle, _pt: DVec3) -> CmdResult {
+        if handle.is_null() {
+            return CmdResult::NeedPoint;
+        }
+        CmdResult::Dispatch(format!("_FIELD_OBJECT {:X}", handle.value()))
+    }
+
+    fn on_point(&mut self, _pt: DVec3) -> CmdResult {
+        CmdResult::NeedPoint
+    }
+
+    fn on_enter(&mut self) -> CmdResult {
+        CmdResult::Dispatch("_FIELD_OBJECT".into())
+    }
+
+    fn on_escape(&mut self) -> CmdResult {
+        CmdResult::Dispatch("_FIELD_OBJECT".into())
+    }
+}
+
+inventory::submit!(crate::command::CommandRegistration { names: &["FIELD"] });

src/modules/annotate/mod.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub mod angular_dim;
 pub mod data_extract;
 pub mod data_link;
 pub mod ddedit;
+pub mod field_cmd;
 pub mod diameter_dim;
 pub mod dim_baseline;
 pub mod dim_continue;

src/modules/draw/draw/attdef.rs

@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ pub struct AttdefSpec {
     /// Multi-line boundary width (0 = none).
     pub boundary_width: f64,
     pub line_spacing: f64,
+    /// A field the default value comes from: its code and referenced objects.
+    pub field: Option<(String, Vec<codec::Handle>)>,
 }
 
 impl AttdefSpec {
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ impl AttdefCommand {
                 oblique_angle,
                 boundary_width: 0.0,
                 line_spacing: 1.0,
+                field: None,
             },
             lines: Vec::new(),
             styles,
@@ -952,6 +955,10 @@ impl CadCommand for AttdefPlaceCommand {
     fn on_mouse_move(&mut self, pt: DVec3) -> Option<WireModel> {
         Some(cross_preview(pt, self.plane))
     }
+
+    fn text_field(&self) -> Option<(String, Vec<codec::Handle>)> {
+        self.spec.field.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 /// A small cross at the cursor while a placement point is asked.

src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs

@@ -1408,6 +1408,59 @@ pub fn tessellate(
                 // also carries the glyph quads built above.
                 if bins.is_empty() {
                     let mut wires: Vec<WireModel> = Vec::new();
+                    // FIELDDISPLAY: a field shows on a gray box behind its
+                    // glyphs, on screen only.
+                    if text_aabb != WireModel::UNBOUNDED_AABB
+                        && crate::entities::field::display()
+                        && crate::entities::field::hosts_field(document, entity)
+                    {
+                        let corner_groups = match entity {
+                            EntityType::MText(m) => {
+                                let rotation = stroke_groups
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .find_map(|group| group.run.as_ref().map(|run| run.rotation as f64))
+                                    .unwrap_or(m.rotation);
+                                oriented_mtext_corner_groups(&sdf_verts, m, rotation, 0.0, anno)
+                            }
+                            EntityType::Text(t) => vec![oriented_text_corners(
+                                &sdf_verts,
+                                [t.insertion_point.x, t.insertion_point.y],
+                                t.rotation,
+                                0.0,
+                            )],
+                            EntityType::AttributeEntity(a) => vec![oriented_text_corners(
+                                &sdf_verts,
+                                [a.insertion_point.x, a.insertion_point.y],
+                                a.rotation,
+                                0.0,
+                            )],
+                            _ => Vec::new(),
+                        };
+                        let mut ft = Vec::with_capacity(6 * corner_groups.len());
+                        let mut ftl = Vec::with_capacity(6 * corner_groups.len());
+                        for corners in &corner_groups {
+                            for &k in &[0usize, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3] {
+                                let (h, lo) = split_ds_xyz(corners[k][0], corners[k][1], elev_v);
+                                ft.push(h);
+                                ftl.push(lo);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if !ft.is_empty() {
+                            wires.push(WireModel {
+                                display_visible: true,
+                                plot_visible: false,
+                                name: name.clone(),
+                                color: crate::entities::field::BACKGROUND,
+                                selected,
+                                line_weight_px,
+                                aabb: WireModel::UNBOUNDED_AABB,
+                                plinegen: true,
+                                fill_tris: ft,
+                                fill_tris_low: ftl,
+                                ..Default::default()
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }
                     // MTEXT background and frame follow the glyph bounds.
                     if text_aabb != WireModel::UNBOUNDED_AABB {
                         if let EntityType::MText(m) = entity {

src/scene/parametric_constraints.rs

@@ -2533,6 +2533,7 @@ impl super::Scene {
             }
         }
         crate::io::xref::strip_resolved_xref_content(&mut document);
+        crate::entities::field::stamp_save_dates(&mut document);
         document
     }
 

src/ui/window/attdef_dialog.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ pub enum AttdefDialogMsg {
     PickHeight,
     PickRotation,
     PickWidth,
+    /// The ƒ button: pick a field for the Default value.
+    InsertField,
+    EditInsertField,
     /// Edit the default value in the multi-line text editor.
     EditValue,
     DismissError,
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ pub struct AttdefDialogState {
     pub can_align_below: bool,
     /// Validation message shown above the buttons.
     pub error: Option<String>,
+    /// The field the Default value shows, when one was inserted.
+    pub field: Option<(String, Vec<codec::Handle>)>,
 }
 
 /// The Edit Attribute Definition dialog's fields.
@@ -87,6 +92,10 @@ pub struct AttdefEditState {
     pub default: String,
     pub constant: bool,
     pub error: Option<String>,
+    pub field: Option<(String, Vec<codec::Handle>)>,
+    /// The Default was retyped or a field inserted: the stored field is
+    /// replaced on Apply.
+    pub field_changed: bool,
 }
 
 fn msg(m: AttdefDialogMsg) -> Message {
@@ -248,8 +257,7 @@ pub fn view<'a>(state: &'a AttdefDialogState, sizing: crate::ui::modal::ModalSiz
                             Some(AttdefDialogMsg::EditValue),
                         ));
                     }
-                    // No field picker in this application yet.
+                    value.push(pick(text("fx").size(12).into(), t!("Insert field").into_owned(), Some(AttdefDialogMsg::InsertField)))
-                    value.push(pick(text("fx").size(12).into(), t!("Insert field").into_owned(), None))
                 }
                 .spacing(6)
                 .into(),
@@ -381,7 +389,7 @@ pub fn view_edit<'a>(state: &'a AttdefEditState, sizing: crate::ui::modal::Modal
                     true,
                     AttdefDialogMsg::EditDefault
                 ),
-                pick(text("fx").size(12).into(), t!("Insert field").into_owned(), None),
+                pick(text("fx").size(12).into(), t!("Insert field").into_owned(), Some(AttdefDialogMsg::EditInsertField)),
             ]
             .spacing(6)
             .align_y(iced::Center),

src/ui/window/field_dialog.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,666 @@
+//! Field dialog (FIELD and the ƒ buttons of the attribute definition
+//! dialogs): a category and field list on the left, the chosen field's
+//! format on the right, a live preview and the field expression below.
+
+use iced::widget::{button, checkbox, column, container, pick_list, row, scrollable, text, text_input, Space};
+use iced::{Element, Fill, Length};
+
+use crate::app::Message;
+use crate::t;
+use crate::ui::style::common::muted_style;
+use crate::ui::style::form::{button_style, dialog_button, field_style};
+use crate::ui::window::pdf_dialogs::{accent_text, card_style};
+
+/// Where the chosen field goes.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum FieldTarget {
+    /// FIELD: a new multi-line text placed on screen.
+    NewText,
+    /// The Default of the Attribute Definition dialog.
+    AttdefDefault,
+    /// The Default of the Edit Attribute Definition dialog.
+    AttdefEdit,
+}
+
+/// The categories the dialog offers, with their fields (only the ones the
+/// application evaluates).
+pub const CATEGORIES: &[(&str, &[&str])] = &[
+    ("All", &[]),
+    ("Date & Time", &["CreateDate", "Date", "PlotDate", "SaveDate"]),
+    (
+        "Document",
+        &["Author", "Comments", "Filename", "Filesize", "HyperlinkBase", "Keywords", "LastSavedBy", "Subject", "Title"],
+    ),
+    ("Linked", &["Hyperlink"]),
+    ("Objects", &["Formula", "NamedObject", "Object"]),
+    ("Other", &["DieselExpression", "SystemVariable"]),
+    (
+        "Plot",
+        &["DeviceName", "Login", "PageSetupName", "PaperSize", "PlotDate", "PlotOrientation", "PlotScale", "PlotStyleTable"],
+    ),
+];
+
+/// The fields of a category; "All" lists every field once, sorted.
+pub fn fields_of(category: usize) -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    if category == 0 {
+        let mut all: Vec<&'static str> = CATEGORIES.iter().flat_map(|(_, f)| f.iter().copied()).collect();
+        all.sort_unstable_by_key(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase());
+        all.dedup();
+        return all;
+    }
+    CATEGORIES.get(category).map(|(_, f)| f.to_vec()).unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+/// The date formats the dialog lists, in the reference order.
+pub const DATE_FORMATS: &[&str] = &[
+    "M/d/yyyy", "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy", "MMMM d, yyyy", "M/d/yy", "yyyy-MM-dd", "d-MMM-yy",
+    "M.d.yyyy", "MMM. d, yy", "d MMMM yyyy", "dd.MM.yyyy", "dd/MM/yyyy", "yyyy/MM/dd",
+    "yyyy-M-d", "MMMM yy", "MMM-yy", "M/d/yyyy h:mm tt", "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", "h:mm tt",
+    "h:mm:ss tt", "HH:mm", "HH:mm:ss", "%#x", "%#c", "%x", "%c", "%X",
+];
+
+pub const TEXT_CASES: &[&str] = &["(none)", "Uppercase", "Lowercase", "First capital", "Title case"];
+pub const SIZE_UNITS: &[&str] = &["Bytes", "Kilobytes", "Megabytes"];
+pub const NAMED_TYPES: &[&str] = &["Block", "Dimstyle", "Layer", "Linetype", "Tablestyle", "Textstyle", "View"];
+
+/// How a field is formatted, by its name.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum FieldKind {
+    Date,
+    Text,
+    Filename,
+    Filesize,
+    SystemVariable,
+    Diesel,
+    NamedObject,
+    Object,
+    Formula,
+    Hyperlink,
+    PlotScale,
+}
+
+/// Formula precisions: the current one, then 0 to 8 decimals.
+pub const FORMULA_PRECISIONS: &[&str] =
+    &["Current precision", "0", "0.0", "0.00", "0.000", "0.0000", "0.00000", "0.000000", "0.0000000", "0.00000000"];
+
+pub fn kind_of(name: &str) -> FieldKind {
+    match name {
+        "CreateDate" | "Date" | "PlotDate" | "SaveDate" => FieldKind::Date,
+        "Filename" => FieldKind::Filename,
+        "Filesize" => FieldKind::Filesize,
+        "SystemVariable" => FieldKind::SystemVariable,
+        "DieselExpression" => FieldKind::Diesel,
+        "NamedObject" => FieldKind::NamedObject,
+        "Object" => FieldKind::Object,
+        "Formula" => FieldKind::Formula,
+        "Hyperlink" => FieldKind::Hyperlink,
+        "PlotScale" => FieldKind::PlotScale,
+        _ => FieldKind::Text,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The Field dialog's working copy.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct FieldDialogState {
+    pub target: FieldTarget,
+    pub category: usize,
+    pub name: &'static str,
+    pub date_format: String,
+    pub text_case: usize,
+    /// 1 = path only, 2 = file name only, 3 = path and file name.
+    pub file_parts: u8,
+    pub file_extension: bool,
+    pub size_unit: usize,
+    pub sysvar: String,
+    pub diesel: String,
+    pub named_type: usize,
+    pub named_names: Vec<(String, codec::Handle)>,
+    pub named: Option<usize>,
+    /// The object picked for an Object field, its type and properties.
+    pub object: Option<(codec::Handle, String)>,
+    pub object_props: Vec<&'static str>,
+    pub object_prop: Option<&'static str>,
+    pub formula: String,
+    /// Indexes into codec FORMULA_FORMATS and FORMULA_PRECISIONS.
+    pub formula_format: usize,
+    pub formula_precision: usize,
+    pub hyperlink_text: String,
+    pub hyperlink_url: String,
+    /// Index into codec PLOT_SCALE_FORMATS.
+    pub plot_scale: usize,
+    pub preview: String,
+    /// Today in each of DATE_FORMATS, for the Examples list.
+    pub examples: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl FieldDialogState {
+    pub fn new(target: FieldTarget) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            target,
+            category: 0,
+            name: "Date",
+            date_format: "%x".into(),
+            text_case: 0,
+            file_parts: 3,
+            file_extension: true,
+            size_unit: 0,
+            sysvar: crate::entities::field::SYSVARS[0].into(),
+            diesel: String::new(),
+            named_type: 2,
+            named_names: Vec::new(),
+            named: None,
+            object: None,
+            object_props: Vec::new(),
+            object_prop: None,
+            formula: String::new(),
+            formula_format: 0,
+            formula_precision: 0,
+            hyperlink_text: String::new(),
+            hyperlink_url: String::new(),
+            plot_scale: 0,
+            preview: String::new(),
+            examples: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The field code (without the `%<…>%` wrapper) and the objects it refers to.
+    pub fn code(&self) -> (String, Vec<codec::Handle>) {
+        let case = |base: String| match self.text_case {
+            0 => base,
+            n => format!("{base} \\f \"%tc{n}\""),
+        };
+        match kind_of(self.name) {
+            FieldKind::Date => (format!("\\AcVar {} \\f \"{}\"", self.name, self.date_format), vec![]),
+            FieldKind::Text => (case(format!("\\AcVar {}", self.name)), vec![]),
+            FieldKind::Filename => {
+                let bits = self.file_parts + if self.file_extension && self.file_parts & 2 != 0 { 4 } else { 0 };
+                // The text case goes first in the same format: "%tc1%fn6".
+                let case = match self.text_case {
+                    0 => String::new(),
+                    n => format!("%tc{n}"),
+                };
+                (format!("\\AcVar Filename \\f \"{case}%fn{bits}\""), vec![])
+            }
+            // Bytes are whole; kilo- and megabytes keep two decimals.
+            FieldKind::Filesize => (
+                match self.size_unit {
+                    0 => "\\AcVar Filesize \\f \"%ld%by1\"".to_string(),
+                    n => format!("\\AcVar Filesize \\f \"%.2f%by{}\"", n + 1),
+                },
+                vec![],
+            ),
+            FieldKind::Formula => {
+                let format = codec::fields::FORMULA_FORMATS.get(self.formula_format).map_or("", |f| f.1);
+                let precision = match self.formula_precision {
+                    0 => String::new(),
+                    n => format!("%pr{}", n - 1),
+                };
+                let body = format!("\\AcExpr ({})", self.formula.trim());
+                match format!("{format}{precision}") {
+                    f if f.is_empty() => (body, vec![]),
+                    f => (format!("{body} \\f \"{f}\""), vec![]),
+                }
+            }
+            FieldKind::Hyperlink => (
+                format!("\\AcVar \\href \"{}##{}#0\"", self.hyperlink_url.trim(), self.hyperlink_text),
+                vec![],
+            ),
+            FieldKind::PlotScale => (
+                codec::fields::PLOT_SCALE_FORMATS
+                    .get(self.plot_scale)
+                    .map_or_else(|| "\\AcVar PlotScale".to_string(), |f| f.1.to_string()),
+                vec![],
+            ),
+            FieldKind::SystemVariable => (format!("\\AcVar {}", self.sysvar), vec![]),
+            FieldKind::Diesel => (format!("\\AcDiesel {}", self.diesel), vec![]),
+            FieldKind::NamedObject => match self.named.and_then(|i| self.named_names.get(i)) {
+                Some((_, handle)) => (case("\\AcObjProp Object(%<\\_ObjIdx 0>%).Name".into()), vec![*handle]),
+                None => ("\\AcObjProp".into(), vec![]),
+            },
+            FieldKind::Object => match (&self.object, self.object_prop) {
+                (Some((handle, _)), Some(prop)) => {
+                    (format!("\\AcObjProp Object(%<\\_ObjIdx 0>%).{prop}"), vec![*handle])
+                }
+                _ => ("\\AcObjProp".into(), vec![]),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The field can be inserted (an object field needs its object and
+    /// property, a named object its name, a DIESEL field an expression).
+    pub fn complete(&self) -> bool {
+        match kind_of(self.name) {
+            FieldKind::NamedObject => self.named.is_some(),
+            FieldKind::Object => self.object.is_some() && self.object_prop.is_some(),
+            FieldKind::Diesel => !self.diesel.trim().is_empty(),
+            FieldKind::Formula => !self.formula.trim().is_empty(),
+            FieldKind::Hyperlink => !self.hyperlink_url.trim().is_empty(),
+            _ => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The geometric properties a field can show for an object of this type.
+pub fn object_properties(entity: &codec::EntityType) -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    use codec::EntityType as E;
+    match entity {
+        E::Line(_) => vec!["Center", "EndPoint", "Length", "StartPoint"],
+        E::Circle(_) => vec!["Area", "Center", "Circumference", "Diameter", "Radius"],
+        E::Arc(_) => vec!["Center", "Length", "Radius"],
+        E::Ellipse(_) => vec!["Area", "Center"],
+        E::LwPolyline(_) | E::Polyline2D(_) | E::Spline(_) => vec!["Area", "Length"],
+        E::Hatch(_) => vec!["Area"],
+        _ => vec![],
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum FieldDialogMsg {
+    Category(usize),
+    Name(&'static str),
+    DateFormat(String),
+    DateExample(usize),
+    TextCase(usize),
+    FileParts(u8),
+    FileExtension(bool),
+    SizeUnit(usize),
+    SysVar(String),
+    Diesel(String),
+    NamedType(usize),
+    Named(usize),
+    SelectObject,
+    ObjectProp(&'static str),
+    Formula(String),
+    FormulaFormat(usize),
+    FormulaPrecision(usize),
+    Evaluate,
+    HyperlinkText(String),
+    HyperlinkUrl(String),
+    BrowseHyperlink,
+    PlotScale(usize),
+    Help,
+    Ok,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct Pick(usize, String);
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Pick {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&self.1)
+    }
+}
+
+fn msg(m: FieldDialogMsg) -> Message {
+    Message::FieldDialog(m)
+}
+
+fn card<'a>(title: String, content: impl Into<Element<'a, Message>>) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    container(column![text(title.to_uppercase()).size(10).style(accent_text), content.into()].spacing(8))
+        .padding([10, 12])
+        .width(Fill)
+        .style(card_style)
+        .into()
+}
+
+/// A selectable list: one row per item, the chosen one highlighted.
+fn list<'a>(rows: Vec<(String, bool, FieldDialogMsg)>, height: f32) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    let rows = rows.into_iter().map(|(label, on, m)| {
+        button(text(label).size(12))
+            .on_press(msg(m))
+            .style(button_style(on))
+            .padding([3, 8])
+            .width(Fill)
+            .into()
+    });
+    container(scrollable(iced::widget::Column::with_children(rows.collect::<Vec<Element<'a, Message>>>()).spacing(1)))
+        .height(Length::Fixed(height))
+        .padding(2)
+        .style(|theme: &iced::Theme| field_style(theme, text_input::Status::Active).into_container())
+        .into()
+}
+
+trait IntoContainer {
+    fn into_container(self) -> container::Style;
+}
+
+impl IntoContainer for text_input::Style {
+    fn into_container(self) -> container::Style {
+        container::Style {
+            background: Some(self.background),
+            border: self.border,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn case_list<'a>(state: &FieldDialogState) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    list(
+        TEXT_CASES
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(i, c)| (t!(*c).into_owned(), state.text_case == i, FieldDialogMsg::TextCase(i)))
+            .collect(),
+        130.0,
+    )
+}
+
+fn format_panel<'a>(state: &'a FieldDialogState) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    let examples = &state.examples;
+    match kind_of(state.name) {
+        FieldKind::Date => column![
+            row![
+                text(t!("Date format")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(96.0)),
+                text_input("", &state.date_format)
+                    .size(12)
+                    .padding([5, 8])
+                    .style(field_style)
+                    .on_input(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::DateFormat(v))),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+            text(t!("Examples")).size(12),
+            list(
+                examples
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(i, e)| (e.clone(), DATE_FORMATS.get(i) == Some(&state.date_format.as_str()), FieldDialogMsg::DateExample(i)))
+                    .collect(),
+                220.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::Text => column![text(t!("Format")).size(12), case_list(state)].spacing(8).into(),
+        FieldKind::Filename => {
+            let part = |label: &str, bits: u8| {
+                checkbox(state.file_parts == bits)
+                    .label(t!(label).into_owned())
+                    .text_size(12)
+                    .size(14)
+                    .on_toggle(move |_| msg(FieldDialogMsg::FileParts(bits)))
+            };
+            let mut ext = checkbox(state.file_extension)
+                .label(t!("Display file extension").into_owned())
+                .text_size(12)
+                .size(14);
+            if state.file_parts & 2 != 0 {
+                ext = ext.on_toggle(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::FileExtension(v)));
+            }
+            column![
+                part("Filename only", 2),
+                part("Path only", 1),
+                part("Path and filename", 3),
+                ext,
+                text(t!("Format")).size(12),
+                case_list(state),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .into()
+        }
+        FieldKind::Filesize => column![
+            text(t!("Format")).size(12),
+            list(
+                SIZE_UNITS
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(i, u)| (t!(*u).into_owned(), state.size_unit == i, FieldDialogMsg::SizeUnit(i)))
+                    .collect(),
+                90.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::SystemVariable => column![
+            text(t!("System variable")).size(12),
+            list(
+                crate::entities::field::SYSVARS
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|v| (v.to_string(), state.sysvar == *v, FieldDialogMsg::SysVar(v.to_string())))
+                    .collect(),
+                250.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::Diesel => column![
+            text(t!("Diesel expression")).size(12),
+            text_input("$(getvar,dwgname)", &state.diesel)
+                .size(12)
+                .padding([5, 8])
+                .style(field_style)
+                .on_input(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::Diesel(v))),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::NamedObject => column![
+            row![
+                text(t!("Named object type")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(120.0)),
+                pick_list(
+                    Some(Pick(state.named_type, t!(NAMED_TYPES[state.named_type]).into_owned())),
+                    NAMED_TYPES.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, n)| Pick(i, t!(*n).into_owned())).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                    |p: &Pick| p.1.clone(),
+                )
+                .on_select(|p| msg(FieldDialogMsg::NamedType(p.0)))
+                .text_size(12)
+                .padding([5, 8])
+                .width(Fill),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+            text(t!("Name")).size(12),
+            list(
+                state
+                    .named_names
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(i, (n, _))| (n.clone(), state.named == Some(i), FieldDialogMsg::Named(i)))
+                    .collect(),
+                150.0,
+            ),
+            text(t!("Format")).size(12),
+            case_list(state),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::Formula => {
+            let formats: Vec<Pick> = codec::fields::FORMULA_FORMATS
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(i, (n, _))| Pick(i, t!(*n).into_owned()))
+                .collect();
+            let precisions: Vec<Pick> =
+                FORMULA_PRECISIONS.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, n)| Pick(i, t!(*n).into_owned())).collect();
+            column![
+                row![
+                    text(t!("Format")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(80.0)),
+                    pick_list(Some(formats[state.formula_format].clone()), formats.clone(), |p: &Pick| p.1.clone())
+                        .on_select(|p| msg(FieldDialogMsg::FormulaFormat(p.0)))
+                        .text_size(12)
+                        .padding([5, 8])
+                        .width(Fill),
+                ]
+                .spacing(8)
+                .align_y(iced::Center),
+                row![
+                    text(t!("Precision")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(80.0)),
+                    pick_list(
+                        Some(precisions[state.formula_precision].clone()),
+                        precisions.clone(),
+                        |p: &Pick| p.1.clone(),
+                    )
+                    .on_select(|p| msg(FieldDialogMsg::FormulaPrecision(p.0)))
+                    .text_size(12)
+                    .padding([5, 8])
+                    .width(Fill),
+                ]
+                .spacing(8)
+                .align_y(iced::Center),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .into()
+        }
+        FieldKind::Hyperlink => column![
+            row![
+                text(t!("Text to display")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(120.0)),
+                text_input("", &state.hyperlink_text)
+                    .size(12)
+                    .padding([5, 8])
+                    .style(field_style)
+                    .on_input(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::HyperlinkText(v))),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+            row![
+                text(t!("Address")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(120.0)),
+                text_input("https://", &state.hyperlink_url)
+                    .size(12)
+                    .padding([5, 8])
+                    .font(iced::Font::MONOSPACE)
+                    .style(field_style)
+                    .on_input(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::HyperlinkUrl(v))),
+                button(text("…").size(12))
+                    .on_press(msg(FieldDialogMsg::BrowseHyperlink))
+                    .style(button_style(false))
+                    .padding([5, 10]),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::PlotScale => column![
+            text(t!("Format")).size(12),
+            list(
+                codec::fields::PLOT_SCALE_FORMATS
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(i, (n, _))| (t!(*n).into_owned(), state.plot_scale == i, FieldDialogMsg::PlotScale(i)))
+                    .collect(),
+                170.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+        FieldKind::Object => column![
+            row![
+                text(t!("Object type")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(96.0)),
+                container(
+                    text(state.object.as_ref().map(|(_, t)| t.clone()).unwrap_or_default()).size(12).style(muted_style)
+                )
+                .padding([5, 8])
+                .width(Fill),
+                button(text(t!("Select object")).size(12))
+                    .on_press(msg(FieldDialogMsg::SelectObject))
+                    .style(button_style(false))
+                    .padding([5, 10]),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+            text(t!("Property")).size(12),
+            list(
+                state
+                    .object_props
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|p| (t!(*p).into_owned(), state.object_prop == Some(*p), FieldDialogMsg::ObjectProp(p)))
+                    .collect(),
+                180.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .into(),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn view<'a>(
+    state: &'a FieldDialogState,
+    sizing: crate::ui::modal::ModalSizing,
+) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    let categories: Vec<Pick> = CATEGORIES.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, (c, _))| Pick(i, t!(*c).into_owned())).collect();
+    let left = card(
+        t!("Field").into_owned(),
+        column![
+            row![
+                text(t!("Category")).size(12).width(Length::Fixed(70.0)),
+                pick_list(Some(categories[state.category].clone()), categories.clone(), |p: &Pick| p.1.clone())
+                    .on_select(|p| msg(FieldDialogMsg::Category(p.0)))
+                    .text_size(12)
+                    .padding([5, 8])
+                    .width(Fill),
+            ]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .align_y(iced::Center),
+            list(
+                fields_of(state.category)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|n| (n.to_string(), state.name == n, FieldDialogMsg::Name(n)))
+                    .collect(),
+                330.0,
+            ),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8),
+    );
+    let preview = card(
+        t!("Preview").into_owned(),
+        container(text(if state.preview.is_empty() { "----".to_string() } else { state.preview.clone() }).size(15))
+            .padding([6, 8])
+            .width(Fill),
+    );
+    let right = match kind_of(state.name) {
+        FieldKind::Formula => column![
+            card(
+                t!("Formula").into_owned(),
+                column![
+                    text_input("(12+3)*2", &state.formula)
+                        .size(12)
+                        .padding([8, 8])
+                        .font(iced::Font::MONOSPACE)
+                        .style(field_style)
+                        .on_input(|v| msg(FieldDialogMsg::Formula(v))),
+                    button(text(t!("Evaluate")).size(12))
+                        .on_press(msg(FieldDialogMsg::Evaluate))
+                        .style(button_style(false))
+                        .padding([5, 14]),
+                ]
+                .spacing(8),
+            ),
+            card(t!("Format").into_owned(), format_panel(state)),
+            preview,
+        ]
+        .spacing(10),
+        FieldKind::Hyperlink => column![card(t!("Hyperlink").into_owned(), format_panel(state)), preview].spacing(10),
+        _ => column![card(t!("Format").into_owned(), format_panel(state)), preview].spacing(10),
+    };
+    let (code, _) = state.code();
+    let expression = column![
+        text(t!("Field expression")).size(12),
+        container(text(format!("%<{code}>%")).size(12).font(iced::Font::MONOSPACE).style(muted_style))
+            .padding([5, 8])
+            .width(Fill)
+            .style(|theme: &iced::Theme| field_style(theme, text_input::Status::Disabled).into_container()),
+    ]
+    .spacing(4);
+    let mut insert = button(text(t!("Insert")).size(12))
+    .style(button_style(true))
+    .padding([6, 16]);
+    if state.complete() {
+        insert = insert.on_press(msg(FieldDialogMsg::Ok));
+    }
+    let footer = row![
+        button(text("?").size(12)).on_press(msg(FieldDialogMsg::Help)).style(button_style(false)).padding([5, 11]),
+        Space::new().width(Fill),
+        dialog_button(t!("Cancel"), Message::CloseModal, false),
+        insert,
+    ]
+    .spacing(6)
+    .align_y(iced::Center);
+    column![
+        row![container(left).width(Length::Fixed(240.0)), right].spacing(10),
+        expression,
+        footer,
+    ]
+    .spacing(10)
+    .padding([10, 12])
+    .width(sizing.width)
+    .into()
+}

src/ui/window/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod about;
 pub mod attdef_dialog;
+pub mod field_dialog;
 pub mod block_definition;
 pub mod block_palette;
 pub mod browser;