Is there a similar widget that works for the string? Because when I do the following, it doesn't work
Field(..., widget=lambda f,v: SQLFORM.widgets.string.widget(f, v, _placeholder='Enter your comment here')) On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 5:04:05 AM UTC-5, thodoris wrote: > > Thnx a lot! > > On Nov 16, 10:42 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can use a comment instead of a default: > > > > Fields(..., comment='Enter your comment here') > > > > though that will display next to or below the input field (depending on > > your formstyle) rather than in the text box itself. > > > > As an alternative, you can set the HTML5 'placeholder' attribute for the > > input field by customizing the field's widget: > > > > Field(..., > > widget=lambda f,v: SQLFORM.widgets.text.widget(f, v, > > _placeholder='Enter your comment here')) > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:24:54 AM UTC-5, thodoris wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I have a text field in my db with a default instructive text like > > > "Enter your comment here", but i would like when the user tries to > > > input text, the default text to disappear without having to delete it > > > manually -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.