---
title: "About Field Properties"
description: "Properties define the nature and behavior of a field. Find out how to edit these properties and customize the behavior of the given field with Contentstack."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/about-field-properties"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-22"
---

# About Field Properties

Field properties define the nature and behavior of the [field](/docs/headless-cms/about-fields). These properties let you define the nature of a field by setting multiple attributes. This enables you to create a dynamic and flexible structure of your [Content Type](/docs/headless-cms/about-content-types).

To access the field properties of a field, go to the "Content Type Schema" page, hover on the field you want, click on the cogwheel to access the **"basic"** or **"advanced"** properties.

Some of the field properties are **"Display Name," "Unique ID," "Default Value," "Help Text," "Instruction Value,"** and many more.

For example:

*   If you want to set a maximum number of characters in any text field, you can make use of the [**Number of Characters**](/docs/headless-cms/number-of-characters) property. 

*   To display a customized name of a field when content managers create an entry, you can set [**Display Name**](/docs/headless-cms/display-name)
*    property.

You can browse through the following topics mentioned in the "More Articles" section to learn which properties you can apply to fields.