Works for me. Must be a problem somewhere else in your code. On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 3:15:27 PM UTC-5, Ron Chatterjee wrote: > > 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 > >
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