https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected Gravity Support Forums Topic: how can I clear a text field when selected en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:47:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-330509 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:48:33 +0000 Richard Vav 330509@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Check the javascript console, there are a number of errors which appear to be theme related being reported that are probably blocking the script from running. Looking at the source code you are also including jQuery twice once in the header and once in the footer, although the footer file is currently producing a 404 error. it is generally a bad idea to include scripts multiple times. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-330502 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:37:16 +0000 circus 330502@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p><a href="http://176.32.230.12/goldinthedaysofsummer.com/" rel="nofollow">http://176.32.230.12/goldinthedaysofsummer.com/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-330500 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:36:35 +0000 Richard Vav 330500@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@circus can you post a link to a page containing the form in question </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-330478 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:05 +0000 circus 330478@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>gravity forms placeholders is just not working for me. </p> <p>have added it, added the class name, nothing. </p> <p>Am I missing something? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-328740 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:53 +0000 Richard Vav 328740@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This is called a placeholder and is something that was introduced in HTML5, currently the easiest way to do this is by using a placeholder plugin, of which there are two in the WordPress plugin repository</p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-placeholders/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-placeholders/</a><br /> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-auto-placeholders/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-auto-placeholders/</a></p> <p>Regards,<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-can-i-clear-a-text-field-when-selected#post-328710 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:22:34 +0000 semfreak 328710@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have a text field that says enter your ZIP on the form field as the default value.<br /> I would like to when you click the form field to type in your zip that the text is cleared.<br /> Is that possible with Gravity forms? Also What would this me called?</p> <p>Thanks for your help!<br /> -J </p>