CF7 unexpected result when combining * (required) text field with a placeholder

  • Dear support volunteers,

    In CF7 5.3.2 the required field function isn’t working when I also use a placeholder for this field. Could somebody please quickly check on their installation if you get the same?

    In example:
    For design (space) reasons I prefer
    [text* city placeholder "city*"]
    over
    <label> City* [text* city] </label>

    When I use a placeholder, CF7 simply works like it is not a required field. Is this intended behavior, or might this be because an incompatible other plugin that I’m using (i.e. I’m using Contact Form 7 Conditional Fields Pro and Flamingo), or is this a small bug in CF7?
    Thanks in advance for your time!

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by hugob1979.

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  • Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    What other plugins and theme do you use on the site?

    Thread Starter hugob1979

    (@hugob1979)

    Hi Takayuki,

    Thanks for your quick reply! I see my collegae Tasmara posted the same question, we are sorry for that. With corona and all working from home sometimes things happen twice ??

    Here are the answers your questions.

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    Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    Try switching to the default theme, deactivating all plugins excluding Contact Form 7, Classic Editor, Flamingo, WordPress Importer and Yoast SEO, and clearing all cache data.

    Why you are advised to deactivate plugins and switch to the default theme.

    Dear Takayuki,

    Eventually I found the issue. The theme had a “use place holder as value” script on it’s sitesearch. I disabled this piece of script and now it works just fine. This could be resolved by adding a “disable use place holder as value” script to the plugin so no one ever has to look for this ever again. I saw lot’s of people struggeling with this. they probably all have the same issue, more themes will use this option and a plugin is worth most when it works with all themes available.

    with kind regards,
    Tasmara van Ballegooij

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