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Forms: use a placeholder attribute in the editor instead of value #41712

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Forms: use real placeholder attribute in editor instead of value
simison Feb 11, 2025
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simison Feb 11, 2025
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Allow writing placeholder using input value
simison Feb 27, 2025
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions projects/packages/forms/changelog/update-forms-placeholder-attr-in-editor
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Forms: use placeholder attribute in editor instead of value
11 changes: 5 additions & 6 deletions projects/packages/forms/src/blocks/contact-form/components/jetpack-field.js
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { createBlock, getDefaultBlockName } from '@wordpress/blocks';
import { createHigherOrderComponent, compose } from '@wordpress/compose';
import { addFilter } from '@wordpress/hooks';
import clsx from 'clsx';
import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
import { useFormStyle } from '../util/form';
import { withSharedFieldAttributes } from '../util/with-shared-field-attributes';
import JetpackFieldControls from './jetpack-field-controls';
Expand All @@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const JetpackField = props => {
requiredText,
label,
setAttributes,
placeholder,
placeholder = '',
width,
insertBlocksAfter,
type,
Expand All @@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ const JetpackField = props => {
const blockProps = useBlockProps( {
className: clsx( 'jetpack-field', {
'is-selected': isSelected,
'has-placeholder': ! isEmpty( placeholder ),
'has-placeholder': placeholder !== '',
} ),
style: blockStyle,
} );
Expand All @@ -51,8 +50,9 @@ const JetpackField = props => {
className="jetpack-field__input"
onChange={ e => setAttributes( { placeholder: e.target.value } ) }
style={ fieldStyle }
type={ type }
value={ placeholder }
type={ isSelected ? 'text' : type }

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This is so that you can enter text placeholders for number input. Otherwise, you could only enter numbers.

The downside is that you might lose input[type="number"] specific styling:

Screenshot 2025-02-27 at 17 02 30

value={ isSelected ? placeholder : '' }
placeholder={ placeholder }
onClick={ event => type === 'file' && event.preventDefault() }
onKeyDown={ event => {
if ( event.defaultPrevented || event.key !== 'Enter' ) {
Expand All @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ const JetpackField = props => {
setAttributes={ setAttributes }
placeholder={ placeholder }
attributes={ attributes }
hidePlaceholder={ type === 'number' }
/>
</>
);
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