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Put a text field shortcodes inside an html field, not post html.

By: Kimberly Hargis | Asked: 04/29/2024
Forums › Category: How-to › Put a text field shortcodes inside an html field, not post html.
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Kimberly HargisKimberly Hargis asked 2 weeks ago

Hi, I have a text field ID 1179 and I need to put in inside a text that writing in an html field. Not a post html but the html field in inside the form. I tried [1179] but that didn't work. Any thoughts on how to do this? Thank you

Rob LeVineRob LeVine replied 2 weeks ago

The simple answer is "no, you cannot do that". What is your goal or use case?

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Rob LeVineRob LeVine answered 2 weeks ago

One way you could do it, depending on your complete end-game is to put input elements in the HTML field. I will use [] instead of the greater-than/less-than because this forum strips HTML tags.

Example text, text text text $[input id="myDollarFied" type="text"/].

Create a hidden field(s) in the form to mirror the value(s) entered in the field and give each field a unique ID. Use jQuery to take the entered values from the input elements and write them to the hidden fields so that they'll be saved when the form is saved.

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Kimberly HargisKimberly Hargis answered 2 weeks ago
Thank you, I feel better knowing it not something stupid I was missing.  My client want it formatted like "Example text, text text text $ ________. Example text, text text text text, text text text ________. Text text text text, text text text text text text text, text text text." With the form field to fill out in underline places. Looking for a way to keep it in the correct text formatting if possible. 
Bobby Clapp replied 2 weeks ago

You could have the form post to a view that does that for you but yeah, within the form itself, not without some custom code.

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