Placeholders

Goal: Usability

Developer: Nicolas Micoud

Description:

<cite>Placeholder specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format).</cite>

<cite>The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value.</cite>

Placeholders for Fields:

The fields in iDempiere UI can have a placeholder to guide the user about what is expected to be in a field.

The placeholders - all translatable - can be defined at the following levels:

• Element
• Column
• Field
• Field Customization
• Info Window Column
• Process Parameter
  • In process parameters there is also a placeholder for the To field when the parameter is defined as a Range

For example when entering a new record this is what the user can see:

Placeholders for Location Dialog:

For the Location Dialog, translatable placeholders can be defined also at Country level.

There are placeholders for the following elements:

• Address 1
• Address 2
• Address 3
• Address 4
• Address 5
• City
• Comments
• Postal
• Postal Add

For example when entering a location this is what the user can see:

Technical Info: IDEMPIERE-3639, IDEMPIERE-3643

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Source: Wiki