Add placeholder/hint text into custom field using JavaScript not working

Martinlow

I went to find certain community questions about add placeholder text or hint text into custom field, and found that the answer is to use JavaScript like:

<script type="text/javascript">
    document.getElementsByName('customfield_10700')[0].placeholder='This will appear as a placeholder';
</script>

place into custom field's description, but it didn't work at all like below:

It displayed at below the field instead of display inside the field.

Any suggest solutions to add placeholder/hint text into field?

Florian PEREZ _Valiantys Administrator_

Hello, 

The method you suggest is not available on cloud, only on server and DC. 

If you want to achieve this you'll have to use context for this specific field and add a default value. While this is not perfect because it fill the field with a real value you don't want to keep you can also try thid other way:

Adding the 'hint' into the description of the custom field, by adding the as a specific field configuration.

Alternatively (but less clean) you can add this information into abother field (the show only field).

Hope this help!