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Change placeholder "Enter value here" configurably

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gruetterj
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Possibility to change the placeholder text "Enter value here" configurably on columns in modern Solutions.

(If a field is disabled and shows this placeholder text, the end-user could be confused)

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  • Christof

    Hi gruetterj

    With the Styling options in Modern Forms you can as well style/hide the placeholder text of input fields.


    Since it's next to editor's options possible to type in custom styles just use the pseudo class ::placeholder for this approach.

    This example hides the placeholder text for all disabled fields on your form:

    .sb-field-input.is-disabled input::placeholder,
    .sb-field.sb-field-disabled input::placeholder {
      opacity: 0;
    }

    Result:

    To change input placeholder's text you have to use some javascript. Use the Form Load action to execute when the form is opened:

    $("div[data-fieldname='Title'] input").attr("placeholder", "Type in here your custom title");

    Result:

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  • Workflow Solutions

    Hej,

    $("div[data-fieldname='Title'] input").attr("placeholder", "Type in here your custom title"); only works for me if the field type is single line of text.

    Is there an option to replace the placeholder for other field types?

     

    Best regards

    Lukas

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  • Matthias_Walter

    Hi Lukas,

    this should work for almost all fields, just change the field name in $("div[data-fieldname='Title'] input") to the correct field or make it more generic like this:

    $("div.sb-field input").attr("placeholder", "Type in here your custom title");

    For rich text fields you have to change the selector from "input" to "textarea"

    $("div[data-fieldname='MultilineField'] textarea").attr("placeholder", "Type in here your custom title");

    Kind regards
    Matthias

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  • Workflow Solutions

    Thank you very much, that worked out!

    I have another special case: for a field I want to change the placeholder text but at the time of loading this field is not visible. Here I always get the default placeholder when it becomes visible, even if I overwrite it with the script. Do you have any idea how I could solve this?

    Best regards

    Lukas

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  • virginie nappez

    Dear Matthias,

    I am trying to change the placeholder for the Attachments column.

    Is it possible with your code ? How could I change it for make it work because there is no placeholder attribute for it ?

    $("div[data-fieldname='Attachments'] button").attr("placeholder", "Type in here your custom text");
     
    Thank you!
     

     

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  • Maria Giugno

    Hi Virginie,

    I had a similar question on this thread:

    https://my.skybow.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/12819554173084/comments/12848879280796

    This might be helpful!

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