InfoPath Dev

Hi guys

Fairly new to InfoPath. I've created a form with lots of Placeholder text, but unfortunately I've had to change my form from a filler to a browser form, which of course means all my placeholder text won't work now.

Are there any alternatives to placeholder? Screen tips aren't good enough as obviously the user has to hover their mouse over it first....

SO for example, I have a text box which is for 'comments' (it's a travel request booking form) but I had placeholder which said "Also include any dietary requirements here".

Any suggestions?

thanks for any help :)

Hi Matt,

I recommend just adding some static text to a section and having a format rule on the section that hides it if the text field is not blank.

You can also have a button that displays the text and when you click the button, reverts to a textbox (hides button and shows textbox on click) and if the textbox is empty it reverts (hide textbox and show button0.

Pretty easy to do these things using a "toggle" field to store the hide-show value and conditional formatting rules.

Good luck!