# Placeholder Static Text inside form box

**URL:** <https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902 "2024-03-22T13:57:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quynh-Tram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Quynh-Tram](https://forums.knack.com/u/Quynh-Tram)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902/1 "2024-03-22T13:57:38Z")

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I would like to add placeholder or static text inside the form input properties such as “Enter a number between 1-30” or “Enter text, Lorem ipsum…”.

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**Author:** ![CarlHolmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/carlholmes/32/2814_2.png) [@CarlHolmes](https://forums.knack.com/u/CarlHolmes)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902/2 "2024-03-22T20:23:44Z")

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Can you provide a screenshot of what you mean 🤔

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**Author:** ![Quynh-Tram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Quynh-Tram](https://forums.knack.com/u/Quynh-Tram)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902/3 "2024-03-22T20:32:23Z")

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Hi Carl,

Yes this is what I mean.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/knack/original/2X/8/83abd0af2f4557cbb2b948652629166e259a4a8d.png)

I want it to say “Enter a number” on the inside of the box on the live app page, but it is showing as blank.

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**Author:** ![CarlHolmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/carlholmes/32/2814_2.png) [@CarlHolmes](https://forums.knack.com/u/CarlHolmes)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/placeholder-static-text-inside-form-box/15902/4 "2024-03-22T21:37:46Z")

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Thank you for the screenshot, as you are aware, there is no native feature to change the placeholder text. It is very likley possible with code but I’m not a coder. Hopefully a colleague will jump in and help 👨‍💻