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Posted on by Davyjones

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Hi,

I am looking to add placeholders for a text fields in a form, and want to know how can it be done if its possible.

(Placeholder is the one where the text field has a self explanatory text inside it describing about the text field, when we start entering text inside the filed they disappear. example screenshot below.)

Thanks in advance

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Davyjones 1,299 on at

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RE: Adding Placeholders

Hi Arteo,

Thanks for your response, but can this be done in CRM too? My doubts are how can we take the ID of the text boxes. It would be very helpful if there is any examples of implementation or step by step instruction on achieving the same.

Thanks for your time

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RE: Adding Placeholders

Hi Davyjones,

I encounter this problem too and adding placeholder using javascript helps me.

Here is a sample; I used this with WordPress

/*******js**********/

var placeholders = {

'f_68f399afd2f9e41197ef005056bb0018' : 'First Name',

'f_7462e303d3f9e41197ef005056bb0018' : 'Last Name',

'f_94b67298d2f9e41197ef005056bb0018' : 'Email' ,

'f_5e1ff040d3f9e41197ef005056bb0018' : 'Phone',

'f_914cbb21b28ce5118358005056bb0024' : 'Postcode'

};

$('input:text').each(

function(i,el) {

if (!el.value || el.value == '') {

el.placeholder = placeholders[el.id];

}

});

/******************/

screencast.com/.../VLJTHx1Pw

Hope it helps.

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Mahadeo Matre 17,021 on at

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RE: Adding Placeholders

Hi..

As above all mentioned it is not possible with CRM native filed or Form attributes with supported way, except if you use HTML web resource for your attributes..

You can create HTML web resource with the required attributes on it - like Firstname, lastname textbox, and apply whatever cosmetic changes you want in HTML web resource.. and place this web resource on form.

Then you need to hide existing attribute from CRM form which you used in HTML web resource.

and in from HTML web resource you can set CRM attribute values.

Hope this will help..

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Hamzeh Zawahreh 3,674 on at

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RE: Adding Placeholders

dear Davyjones,

there is nothing called placeholder in crm, but you can use unsupported customization to place html label beside the field or below ..etc....

you can use html web resource that you can insert label in specific design to tell the user something you want, like this great article below :

www.infinite-x.net/.../adding-form-labels-using-html-web-resources

or using tooltip:

http://extremecrm.net/2013/08/14/custom-dynamics-crm-2011-tooltips/

or :

https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/adopt2win/archive/2012/09/14/modifying-tooltips-to-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-fields

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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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RE: Adding Placeholders

Using tool tip could be a good workaround for this.

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RE: Adding Placeholders

You can create a custom tooltip that when the customer hovers over the field it gives details (above and beyond the field's label). (This functionality is available out of the box in 2013/2015 but in 2011 it requires some Jscript.)

Have a look at this great blog from Gus:

www.zero2ten.com/.../modifying-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-fields-tooltips

Not exactly what you were asking for - but it performs a very similar function; and when your system is upgraded you won't need to retrain the staff.

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Rajkumar Rajaraman on at

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RE: Adding Placeholders

Hi Davy,

As Guido's pointed correctly, it's not possible.

Refer this link. It provides the detailed explanation.

msdynamicscrmblog.wordpress.com/.../image-field-in-dynamics-crm-2013

Hope this helps.

Regards,

R.Rajkumar

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