Set a Default Value in an Input Text Box

OL Connect Professional Designer
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I’m trying to set a default value to an Input Text Box, but when I send the template down the Connect Designer crashes. I would like to use a @MYFIELD@ as the default value.

Is this possible?

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In the oncoming release (version 1.3) you could simply drag the data field from the Data Model and drop it on the input field. This would insert a script that sets the default value of the input.

In v1.2 you need to create the script yourself. To create a script that sets the default value of an input field:

  1. Assign an ID to the input field e.g. firstname
    (select the input and enter the ID via the Attributes panel or enter it via the Source view)
  2. Create a new Script via the Scripts panel
  3. Set the selection method of the script to Selector
  4. Enter the ID of the input in the Selector field e.g #firstname
  5. Enter the following script to set the value of the data field to the value attribute of the input:
results.attr('value',record.fields.FirstName);

I hope this is of some help,

Erik

3

This worked great!

I’m using the field as a sticky value so they don’t need to enter it in each time, but I need an easy method to clear the value. I tried to use a reset button, but the value remains, I tried to reload the page location.reload(); , but it resubmits the values. and retains the value anyway. I tried using the ‘placeholder’ functionality instead of ‘value’, but it does not let me hit enter to keep the value.

Any ideas?