Application management : Configuration : Self-Service : Web configuration : Configuring generic features : Adding help text to a page : Adding a placeholder text
Adding a placeholder text
You can give end users context sensitive instructions for completing a form. On the web form, the placeholder text will be displayed as “grayed out” text.
This feature is available for the following blocks, in all modules:
• Add
• Edit
• Search
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This feature is built using the HTML5 placeholder attribute. Some browsers do not support this attribute (most notably IE9). Therefore, this feature is limited to browsers that natively support this attribute.
Procedure
1. Go to Sites > Web definitions.
2. Select a web definition and expand its structure.
3. Select the appropriate block and in the data panel click the field for which you want to include a placeholder text.
Screen capture of the Field properties tab where you can specify a placeholder textScreen capture of the Field properties tab where you can specify a placeholder text
4. Save your changes. Your placeholder text is now displayed in gray in the field where the user can enter a value.
Screen capture of the web form where the placeholder text is displayed as “grayed out” textScreen capture of the web form where the placeholder text is displayed as “grayed out” text