2 Replies Latest reply on May 7, 2018 11:45 PM by King Zeus Villarante

    Form Field Date: How to Change the Placeholder?

    King Zeus Villarante
    King Zeus Villarante May 7, 2018 10:06 PM

      Hi all,

       

      I'm currently working on a project that includes Field Date on the form.
      I'm trying to change the placeholder of the Field Date and I included this code on the CSS.

       

       

      input[type="date"]:before {

          content: attr(placeholder) !important;

        }

        input[type="date"]:focus:before,

        input[type="date"]:valid:before {

          content: "Date of Birth" !important;

        }

       

      It's working but the mm/dd/yyyy is still on the field and the placeholder is not working in firefox.

       

      Does anyone have a solution for this?

       

      Thank you!

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        • Re: Form Field Date: How to Change the Placeholder?
          Sanford Whiteman
          Sanford Whiteman May 8, 2018 9:48 PM (in response to King Zeus Villarante)

          Can't do it that way.

           

          True <input type=date> fields (Chrome, Edge, the very latest Firefox) don't have string placeholders, they only show the date, ever.

           

          However, polyfilled date fields (Firefox, Safari, IE) are actually <input type=text> fields with JS/CSS/HTML-powered datepicker widgets.  Those can have placeholders.

           

          Marketo automatically switches between native and polyfilled versions. You need to override that auto-switching so that it uses the polyfill in all browsers:

          MktoForms2.Modernizr.inputtypes.date = false;
MktoForms2.$("body").on("mkto_date_polyfilled", function(e) {
   MktoForms2.whenReady(function(form) {
      var formEl = form.getFormElem()[0],
         dateOfBirthEl = formEl.querySelector("#DateofBirth"),
         dateOfBirthPicker = formEl.querySelector("#DateofBirth ~ .mktoDateButton");

      dateOfBirthEl.type = "text";
      dateOfBirthEl.placeholder = "Date of Birth";
      dateOfBirthPicker.style.height = MktoForms2.$(dateOfBirthEl).outerHeight() + "px";
   });
});

           

          Then you get cross-browser free-text placeholders. Chrome on left, Firefox on right: