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#117280 request enhancement to templates having input variables

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Latest post by noelada on Monday, 25 August 2025 22:48 BST

noelada

Is it possible for a placeholder or popup help to be specified such as {$variable:placeholder "placeholder content"} or {$variable:help "popup help text"}? We are using the text box to input lat/long co-ordinates or what3words. It would be nice to be able to provide some help when the text box opens as our users are novices.

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Ryan

I will look into this. It should be possible to implement the placeholder, but the "help" option might have to be descriptive text below the input field rather than a tooltip.

Ryan Demmer

Lead Developer / CEO / CTO

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noelada

Thank you Ryan. I think help text in the descriptive area below the text box would be preferable to placeholder because we could (hopefully) provide more words of help text. Is it possible for the Values box to open with enough space to fit whatever help text is specified? i.e If the help text would take 4 lines to fit, could the values box open with enough depth to fit the 4 lines?. 

The ability to create these Values templates is a great feature of JCE. Thank you.

Noel.

Ryan

Please try JCE Pro 2.9.90 Beta - https://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/pro/development

You can add descriptive text to be show below the input box by including it after the label, seperated by a | character. eg:

{$variable|Some descriptive text}

Ryan Demmer

Lead Developer / CEO / CTO

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noelada

The descriptive text is exactly what I was hoping for thank you. I have attached a test example. I was expecting it to produce "hidden text entered here" instead of the template content. Hope you can easily fix.

Best wishes,

Noel.

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Ryan

Please try JCE Pro 2.9.90 Beta 8 - https://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/pro/development

Clear your browser cache after install.

Ryan Demmer

Lead Developer / CEO / CTO

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noelada

It is working well now. Thank you very much. 

Noel.

noelada

Hi Ryan,

I have attached some screenshots of a template using the enhancement. Perhaps in future the values box could be widened ?

Best wishes and thanks again.

Noel.

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Ryan

I have increased the width of the dialog slightly in JCE Pro 2.9.90 RC - Please try JCE Pro 2.9.90 RC1 - https://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/pro/development

Ryan Demmer

Lead Developer / CEO / CTO

Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean everybody isn't out to get you.

noelada

Hi Ryan,

Many thanks for the extra width. Excellent.

Noel.