https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields Gravity Support Forums Topic: Add default value for Name field(s)? en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:15:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-56745 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:44:45 +0000 redhillcrea.tv 56745@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Scratch that.</p> <p>This works for some reason on my local WAMP, but NOT on my godaddy hosting?</p> <p>Weird much?</p> <p>Here is a post of my ongoing saga to include this and similar jQuery into my GF:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/where-should-i-place-custom-jquery" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/where-should-i-place-custom-jquery</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-56742 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:43:35 +0000 redhillcrea.tv 56742@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I puzzled over this for a bit then realised that the #input was incorrect.<br /> I changed :<br /> #input_1_2.3 to #input_1_2_3 and #input_1_2.6 to #input_1_2_6 . ( replace the period . symbol with an underscore _ ) and this worked fine.</p> <p>Well at least for me it did.</p> <p>Hope this helps </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-56737 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:32:05 +0000 redhillcrea.tv 56737@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>+1 for this.</p> <p>Is there any suggestions to get this to work?</p> <p>Thanks </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-24818 Wed, 04 May 2011 21:49:32 +0000 Christopher Wulff 24818@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Any follow-up? I'm hoping to do this as well. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-23091 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:51:12 +0000 Jonathan Wold 23091@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Exact same predicament here :). I don't know enough about jQuery to figure out priority. Any ideas or suggestions? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-14821 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:29:52 +0000 mmtrav 14821@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Well.. almost perfectly. I also want the fields to clear when on focus, so I used the script from this link: </p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/clearing-default-form-field-values-with-jquery/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/clearing-default-form-field-values-with-jquery/</a></p> <p>Unfortunately it doesn't work with the jquery above used to populate the name field, as that is not specified as a 'this.defaultvalue' in the first place and is being added by jquery. </p> <p>I get the sense this should be easy but because I don't know javascript I'm struggling. Could I get a bit of code to make it work? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-14775 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:42:11 +0000 mmtrav 14775@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Kevin. This jQuery solution works perfectly for my needs. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-14763 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:18:28 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 14763@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>An option to set a default value for a name field doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I understand you want to use it instead of a label though. You could accomplish this with some jQuery on the page load.</p> <p>Something like this.. </p> <pre><code>&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery(&quot;#input_1_2.3&quot;).attr(&quot;value&quot;, &quot;enter your first name&quot;); jQuery(&quot;#input_1_2.6&quot;).attr(&quot;value&quot;, &quot;enter your last name&quot;); }); &lt;/script&gt;</code></pre> <p>screenshot: <a href="http://grab.by/7Z2L" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/7Z2L</a></p> <p>We may have an option for inline labels in a future release - we're still considering it. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/add-default-value-for-name-fields#post-14755 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:03:17 +0000 mmtrav 14755@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've always wondered why you couldn't set the default values for the name fields in all Gravity Forms, the way you can do it for the e-mail address and all the other fields. </p> <p>The reason is that I like to design forms that have the labels inside the field boxes themselves and that gives me a bit more design room to play with. </p> <p>Is there a way to accomplish this on form load that I don't know? Or is there a way I'm not seeing on the backend? </p>