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1. jdevelopia
   Member

   Hi guys

   How I can change the "value" for "placeholder"?

   When I put a "Default Value" in one of my field-forms I see this code:
   <input id="element_1" class="element text medium" type="text" value="Default Value" name="element_1"> how I can changes this by:
   <input id="element_1" class="element text medium" type="text" placeholder="Default Value" name="element_1">

   Thanks a lot!

   Posted 11 years ago #
2. 

   yuniar

   You can edit the "includes/view-functions.php" file. There are many places you need to adjust though.
   Basically you need to find this code:

   value="{$element->default_value}"

   and change it to become:

   placeholder="{$element->default_value}"

   ---

   MachForm Founder

   Posted 11 years ago #

3. jdevelopia
   Member

   Great!!! I have it!!! thanks thanks a lot Yuniar!

   big hug!!

   Posted 11 years ago #

4. jdevelopia
   Member

   hi again!

   When I put some text in Defalut Value in a Field Type "Paragraph Text" the placeholder doesn´t works.

   What I need to change?

   Thanks a lot!!!!

   Posted 11 years ago #

5. jdevelopia
   Member

   I can´t find the function to change the Default Value into the Field Type "Paragraph Text".

   Help!! ;)

   Thanks a lot!

   Posted 11 years ago #

6. jdevelopia
   Member

   I think I change the line 258 of view-functions

   $element_markup = <<<EOT
   		<li id="li_{$element->id}" {$li_class}>
   		<label class="description" for="element_{$element->id}">{$element->title} {$span_required}</label>
   		<div>
   			<textarea id="element_{$element->id}" name="element_{$element->id}" class="element textarea {$element->size}" rows="8" cols="90" {$input_handler}>{$element->default_value}</textarea>
   			{$range_limit_markup}
   		</div>{$guidelines} {$error_message}
   		</li>
   EOT;
   
   		return $element_markup;
   	}

   but i can´t do it successfull!

   Posted 11 years ago #
7. 

   yuniar

   I'm afraid the paragraph field is a bit more complicated and you can't simply change the attribute to "placeholder" without affecting the whole functionality. Sorry. I don't have a workaround for this yet.

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   MachForm Founder

   Posted 11 years ago #

8. jdevelopia
   Member

   thanks a lot Yunair, don´t worry I understand perfectly the reason.

   Again, thanks a lot.

   Posted 11 years ago #

9. burkecom
   Member

   Has there been any progress with creating a placeholder section so we dont have to change this per machform?

   Posted 10 years ago #

10. ChessMan
    Member

    @burkecom - great question - bump.

    Also, paragraph replace would be awesome.

    You can edit MF3.5 "includes/view-functions.php" file.

    line # 144
    line # 732
    line # 779
    line # 960
    line # 2727

    value="{$element->default_value}"

    WITH

    placeholder="{$element->default_value}"

    as Yuniar mentioned above

    Posted 10 years ago #
11. 

    yuniar

    Just a note for anyone doing this modification, make sure not to replace your field's label completely with placeholders as it might reduce the usability of your form. A good read on this:

    http://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/

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    MachForm Founder

    Posted 10 years ago #

12. adamaliau
    Member

    can we have a new database field to be added to capture the placeholder value and in the code we configure the value as it would be a clean solution for this?

    Posted 10 years ago #

13. burkecom
    Member

    Yes and when using the place holder, the required fields error section removes the placeholder... as i am using hidden field titles the boxes are highlighted and show blank boxes.

    any way to have placeholders remain?

    Posted 10 years ago #

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