https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for Gravity Support Forums Topic: Required fields not being asked for en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:04:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10810 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:27:51 +0000 drtanz 10810@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>very interesting didn't know about that, in the meantime fixed the issue by implementing my previously mentioned idea, but I'll use the method you suggested next time, thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10780 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:17:02 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 10780@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Instead of using the default field value, you may have better results implementing a script like this.</p> <p><a href="http://plugins.jquery.com/project/labelify" rel="nofollow">http://plugins.jquery.com/project/labelify</a></p> <p>That should avoid any conflicts with the form validation. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10767 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:56:19 +0000 drtanz 10767@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thinking about, maybe I could have jquery clear the form values if they are any of the following default values: 'Name', 'Surname', 'Message'. This would happen just before the form processing so the validation would work correctly as no values would be found. Unfortunately I'm not good with jquery so I don't know how this could be implemented, but I sure need a solution to this problem as it is the only problem left on this site, any help would be appreciated :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10765 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:53:04 +0000 drtanz 10765@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks but that doesn't solve my problem unfortunately. If a user leaves all the fields untouched and clicks the submit button the form will accept the input as valid as the fields are filled in, although in reality the user would not have typed in his name for example, only the default 'Name'would be showing. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10747 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:27:27 +0000 Carl Hancock 10747@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This isn't currently possible. Validation checks for a value in those fields, not for the specific value but any value. If you want to implement placeholder text that clears when they click on the field then you need to implement it as a jQuery customization.</p> <p>See this forum post:</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/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10738 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:58:55 +0000 drtanz 10738@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK in the meantime realised my mistake, validation for email is working fine because it is checking for a valid email address, and 'Email' is of course not a valid email address. So what I want now is that the form tests that if for example the name field is either empty or equal to 'Name' then an error message is displayed. How can I do that? In other words I need to add an extra validation step (='Name') apart from the required validation. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10736 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:55:01 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 10736@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The validation is working properly, the issue reason you're not seeing it is because there is already a default value of "Name", "Surname", etc. in the field which the form thinks is valid. It does flag "Email" because it's not in the right format.</p> <p>I submitted a test with firefox (mac) - the form sent & I received confirmation in 2 seconds. Hard to say why you're having a problem with it. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10735 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:47:02 +0000 drtanz 10735@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Also this form takes ages to submit on Firefox, while it works perfectly fine on Chrome and IE, apart from the validation problems mentioned in the previous post. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/required-fields-not-being-asked-for#post-10734 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:44:13 +0000 drtanz 10734@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi I have set the required fields on my form at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/35uzgsd" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/35uzgsd</a> but as you can see only the email is being asked for, when it should also be asking for the name, surname and message fields. They are set as required in the admin screens. What else can be the problem? </p>