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Text inside input field

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  1. elianab
    Member

    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?

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 30, 2010 | Permalink

  2. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    This isn't a built in feature. It would require a customization. You can read about how to do this here:

    http://www.gravityhelp.com/clearing-default-form-field-values-with-jquery/

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 30, 2010 | Permalink

  3. Nordisk Center for Glas
    Member

    Just what I need. But how do you generate the text inside the field?

    Best,
    M

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  4. Kevin Flahaut
    Administrator

    You use the "default value" option to add the text to the input.

    screenshot: http://bit.ly/nCrDmu

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  5. Nordisk Center for Glas
    Member

    Ahh. Thanks - I was using advanced fields, and there it's not an option. Any reason not to have that?

    M

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  6. Kevin Flahaut
    Administrator

    Sure. The advanced fields are for names, email addresses, etc. Why would you have default values in there for those?

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  7. Nordisk Center for Glas
    Member

    It's a layout thing, so I wouldn't need to clutter the form:

    http://rumlab.dk/_morten/form_layout.JPG

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  8. Nordisk Center for Glas
    Member

    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?

    Thanks for superfast response!

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  9. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    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.

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

  10. Chris Hajer
    Key Master

    Continued here

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Permalink

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