https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: PLaceholder text disappears on form error en Mon, 04 May 2026 04:13:15 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/placeholder-text-disappears-on-form-error#post-21954 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:59:16 +0000 tm2000 21954@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>HI,</p> <p>I have a very small space to use - so I have used placeholders within the form fields instead of using labels.</p> <p>I did this by your solutions below;<br /> value="{$element-&gt;default_value}"</p> <p>and change it to become:</p> <p>placeholder="{$element-&gt;default_value}"</p> <p>But - if a required field isn't filled out - the placeholders disappear - so the user doesn't know what to enter.</p> <p>Is there a way to retain the placeholders?</p> <p>I'm on Machform 3.5</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Andy </p>