Form 7 – Placeholder Attribute Not Showing

  • Resolved kc

    (@cdastouri)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    Created a form with placeholders but none of them are showing.
    The attributes show when I check the source code but not on the site.
    I am using the latest version of Chrome.
    Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
    Code is below:

    [text* YourName placeholder]

    [email* YourEmail placeholder]

    [textarea* YourMessage placeholder]

    [submit “Send”]

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  • I believe it’s placeholder=”your placeholder”.

    Thread Starter kc

    (@cdastouri)

    I have tried that as well.
    The code is also what is created out of the Contact Form 7 plugin when you click “text”

    Hmm not sure what you mean by that but for example:

    <label> Your Name (required)
    [text* your-name placeholder "test"] </label>

    works fine for me on all browsers; and then copy the shortcode of the contact form 7 into your wordpress page under ‘text’.

    Hope this helps?

    EDIT: Just noticed I put = in my previous example; see above.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by stuatji.
    Thread Starter kc

    (@cdastouri)

    Tried that code as well but it still doesn’t work. It is very odd. Any other suggestions?

    Thread Starter kc

    (@cdastouri)

    just realized, it was my theme making the placeholder text white so it wasn’t showing up on the screen. thanks for the help.

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