https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: Text inside input field en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:43:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33331 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:06:37 +0000 Chris Hajer 33331@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/jquery-conflict-with-nextgen" rel="nofollow">Continued here</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33330 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:05:10 +0000 Carl Hancock 33330@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Currently Gravity Forms doesn't support inline labels like that. It's not a built in feature. So the only way to do this is going to be via a customization either with jQuery or jQuery CSS. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33298 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:31:25 +0000 Nordisk Center for Glas 33298@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>With the advanced fields it's perfect that I only have a field name for each section, while if I used simple fields I will have too CSS all the field names blank. Or is there a better way?</p> <p>Thanks for superfast response! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33294 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:21:51 +0000 Nordisk Center for Glas 33294@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It's a layout thing, so I wouldn't need to clutter the form:</p> <p><a href="http://rumlab.dk/_morten/form_layout.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://rumlab.dk/_morten/form_layout.JPG</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33292 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:14:05 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 33292@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sure. The advanced fields are for names, email addresses, etc. Why would you have default values in there for those? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33289 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:28:27 +0000 Nordisk Center for Glas 33289@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ahh. Thanks - I was using advanced fields, and there it's not an option. Any reason not to have that?</p> <p>M </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33287 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:23:06 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 33287@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You use the "default value" option to add the text to the input.</p> <p>screenshot: <a href="http://bit.ly/nCrDmu" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/nCrDmu</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-33285 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:12:46 +0000 Nordisk Center for Glas 33285@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just what I need. But how do you generate the text inside the field?</p> <p>Best,<br /> M </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/text-inside-input-field#post-8047 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:37:57 +0000 Carl Hancock 8047@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This isn't a built in feature. It would require a customization. You can read about how to do this 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/text-inside-input-field#post-8044 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:24:22 +0000 elianab 8044@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I want to have the email field pre-populated with something like "Enter your email here." I want it inside the field, not as a field label. Once the person starts writing their email, the pre-populated text will go away. Can I do that? </p>