Is it possible to get the field value being entered in a field and use that value in the description?
For example, if I have a form with a text field, and the user enters "John", can I build my description in real time using the value being entered, so the description might say:
John, here is some more description.
Any pointers?
You would have to do that with JavaScript or jQuery so that it happens in real time. Without a page refresh, Gravity Forms does not know about the value that was submitted.
Here is some discussion of it online using jQuery, for dynamic dependent select boxes, which is not what you want to do exactly, but it does cover the progressive nature of what you want to do (enter your name, then later, update some help text to say "John, here are some pointers" with the name John that was just entered.)
http://www.9lessons.info/2010/08/dynamic-dependent-select-box-using.html
