https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box Gravity Support Forums Topic: Paragraph Text default text not disappearing when clicked in the box en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:24:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box#post-183132 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:14:25 +0000 Chris Hajer 183132@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@dsk3211 how are you handling the placeholder text currently? That functionality is not handled natively by Gravity Forms, so maybe your theme takes care of that, or you have added jQuery to clear those fields on focus, or are using a plugin to handle that? Please describe how the placeholders are being cleared on the other fields and maybe we can spot why it's not working for the paragraph field. If the placeholder functionality is being provided by another plugin or your theme provider, you will need to contact them for support on why the functionality does not work for textareas. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box#post-180768 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:11:00 +0000 dsk3211 180768@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p><a href="http://craniosacraldirectory.com/submit" rel="nofollow">http://craniosacraldirectory.com/submit</a></p> <p>Same problem with all the paragraph text boxes.</p> <p>Thank you David!</p> <p>- David </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box#post-180767 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:08:44 +0000 David Peralty 180767@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Can you link to your form please so we can see what's happening? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box#post-180765 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:06:50 +0000 dsk3211 180765@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello, would someone mind offering a little advice? I'm stumped on this one. Thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-text-default-text-not-disappearing-when-clicked-in-the-box#post-179340 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:08:50 +0000 dsk3211 179340@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>For normal text fields, when a default text is entered and you click in the text field, the default text disappears. This doesn't happen with the paragraph text field however, you have to manually delete the default text. How can I change this behavior for paragraph text, so the default text will disappear when clicking in the box, same as for the 1 line text field?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>