https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text Gravity Support Forums Topic: Auto Flush PrePopulated text ?? en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:30:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1372 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:12:15 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 1372@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey Jim, if that's all the customers complain about, I'm sure we can handle it. We appreciate you guys and want to help all we can.</p> <p>I looked at the hatchtown.com site and yes, you should have everything you need there to support the clear fields script. You just want to put the script snippet in the code somewhere AFTER the call for the jQuery library.</p> <p>If you have problems getting it to work, just point me to the page with the form and we'll whip it into shape.</p> <p>I did reply to your email about the other site as well. Let me know if I can help there.</p> <p>Cheers. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1371 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:08:05 +0000 ShepherdJim 1371@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey Kevin! Jeez ...you guys better watch out -- you're liable to have customers complaining about the support being too fast and courteous (JOKE!)</p> <p>Seriously, I <strong>think</strong> you're telling me that I <strong>already</strong> have the jquery library so should be ready to try using the script.</p> <p>The site you checked out is my test site for the time being. The real action is over at <a>http://www.hatchtown.com</a> -- I checked page source <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2882360/wwwHatchtowncom_sshot.gif" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2882360/wwwHatchtowncom_sshot.gif</a> and found a single ref to jquery.</p> <p>Jim<br /> PS -- I will email you about the "problem" with the multiple jquery calls at the other site.<br /> Tnx - J </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1370 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:24:22 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 1370@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Jim, if this is for your main site, I took a quick look at the page source and found that you're theme is actually calling the jQuery library twice in the &lt; head &gt; section. I'm not sure if that's you working on it, or if that's something that already existed.</p> <p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/688846/gravityhelp/screenshot_908.png">screenshot</a></p> <p>You only need to reference the script once. It's possible a plugin is calling the library in as well - it's not that uncommon for that to happen. It's best to remove one of the references if possible.. keeping the reference to the newer version is preferable.</p> <p>Anyhow, since you're calling the library in here, you shouldn't need to add it again for the clearing script to work. If that just confuses things further, or If you do need help with another site, just let me know. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1369 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:14:29 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 1369@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Jim, can you send me a link to the site you're working on and I'll be happy to look at it for you. A lot of themes already include the jQuery library so you may not need. You can email me directly - kevin (at) rocketgenius.com </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1367 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:36 +0000 ShepherdJim 1367@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Okay! Ask and I shall receive!</p> <p>But wait: I tried to run the downloaded file "jquery-1.3.2.min.js" and I get a "Windows Script Host" error advising a "document is undefined"</p> <p>.... uhoh! and you say:</p> <blockquote><p>"This snippet requires that the jQuery library is already loaded in your theme to function properly." </p></blockquote> <p>Just exactly WHERE in my theme do I 'load' the jQuery library? ...I'm assuming by load you just mean FTPing it into place.</p> <p>I guess maybe I should have warned you that I;m just like a regular person who struggles with the mysteries of mere HTML/CSS.</p> <p>Jim </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1362 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:26 +0000 Carl Hancock 1362@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It's your lucky day Jim, we have just posted a blog post on how to use jQuery to clear default values on click. You can get the details here:</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> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1355 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:09 +0000 Carl Hancock 1355@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Not at all. I don't think it's possible now, although it might be using jQuery. But it's a feature we plan on adding in the future. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/auto-flush-prepopulated-text#post-1354 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:48 +0000 ShepherdJim 1354@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm not sure if this is a "how do I" or a feature request.</p> <p>What I'd like to be able to do is have the text I've pre-populated into a form field automatically disappear as soon as the site visitor clicks into the field. </p> <p>E.G. Name: | please type your name here |</p> <p>" Name: " being the field title and "| please type your name here |" being the pre-populated field. As soon as the user entered the field the "please type your name here" would vanish.</p> <p>Currently, if I pre-pop a field the user has to 'manually delete' whatever is in there.</p> <p>Am I being too anal? Jim </p>