Plugin Mode

Placeholder

Summary

Set a placeholder in a field’s input area. You can use this to show an example of what to enter. Once the user starts entering a value, the placeholder disappears.

Smartphone support

This plugin supports smartphones.

How to use

Choose the fields and enter the examples or hints to display. Placeholder text guides input; it is not stored as the field’s value.

When it runs

Depending on the settings, this customization runs at the following times. Any configured conditions are also evaluated.

  • When you open a record creation or edit page

The page-display and field-change triggers exclude inline editing from the pencil icon on the list page.

Parameters

Enter or select a value for each setting unless it is marked optional.

Fields for Adding Place Holder

Configure the following items as a group. Configure at least 1 entries. Add more entries as needed.

Field

Select the field where the input hint should appear.

The following field types can be selected.

  • Text
  • Number
  • Text area
  • Link

Fields inside tables cannot be selected.

Text

Enter the example or hint to show while the input is empty.

The following actions and conditions are useful when building similar behavior in customization mode.

Actions

Conditions