https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: Change behavior of default value in email field en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:07:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-46777 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:17:03 +0000 Rob Harrell 46777@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey Bruce, in your custom.css you have:</p> <pre><code>[css] .gform_widget .ginput_container input#input_2_1.medium { margin-bottom: 0px; }</code></pre> <p>Change it to be (adding color hex #777 which is the same as the search input above):</p> <pre><code>[css] .gform_widget .ginput_container input#input_2_1.medium { margin-bottom: 0px; color: #777; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-46742 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:13:15 +0000 Chris Hajer 46742@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry Bruce, I lost this one for a couple days. I will ask our resident CSS expert (Rob) to take a look at this one for your CSS issue. Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-46238 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:57:52 +0000 Bruce 46238@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris,</p> <p>It worked this time! :) Thank you. Not sure what I was doing wrong before.</p> <p>One last thing, then I'll leave you alone... How do I change the font type and font color of the placeholder text? I'd like it to match the search field above it.</p> <p>The newsletter subscription form is in the right sidebar. It's titled "Get iEndure Updates!" Here's the link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.iendure.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.iendure.com</a></p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Bruce </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-46005 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:08:36 +0000 Chris Hajer 46005@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Share a link to your form when you have the form online with the scripts and we will see what's going on. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-45990 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:39:05 +0000 Bruce 45990@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris,</p> <p>Yes, thank you, that is what I'd like to do - clear the placeholder text when clicking in the field.</p> <p>I tried to follow Kevin's instructions, but couldn't get it to work. I'm new to this stuff.</p> <p>I pasted the script into different spots in the header.php file to no avail. I added "clearit" to the CSS Class Name.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Bruce </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-45972 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:24:46 +0000 Chris Hajer 45972@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sounds like you want to clear the placeholder text when they click into the field. This can be accomplished with JavaScript. Here is one way:</p> <p><a href="http://rkt.gs/clearit" rel="nofollow">http://rkt.gs/clearit</a></p> <p>You will need JavaScript of some sort to clear the text in the field when the field receives focus. Let us know if you have any questions on implementation. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-behavior-of-default-value-in-email-field#post-45900 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:27:27 +0000 Bruce 45900@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm using Gravity Forms with MailChimp for a simple email newsletter subscription form. You can see it in the right sidebar of my site. It's titled "Get iEndure Updates!"</p> <p><a href="http://www.iendure.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.iendure.com</a></p> <p>I've set the default value for the email field to pre-populate with the words "Email address." That's fine, but when you click on the field to enter an email address, the text doesn't go away. You have to delete the words "Email address" before you can fill out the form with a real email address.</p> <p>I would like the behavior and style to match that of the search field in the top right of the website.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks very much.</p> <p>Bruce </p>