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Fowzan22558090s6v8
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January 8, 2022
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i need to show a field's text description only if the field is not empty

  • January 8, 2022
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hi,

i have a form where i want to dispay the descriptive text if its field is not empty. if the field happens to be empty i want the text to be hidden. 
NAME ______________

if the user doesnt fill in the Name_Field, i do not want "NAME" to show.

i tried doing this by making Name_Text field and using condition to show "NAME" if Name_Field is not empty. i couldnt get it work. is there an easy way to get this done?

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    Correct answer Nesa Nurani

    In the script i gave you just change event.value to "NAME" like this:

    this.getField("Name_Text").value = event.value == "" ? "" : "NAME";

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    Fowzan22558090s6v8Author
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    January 8, 2022

    thank you so much @Nesa Nurani @try67. i got it to work as i wanted

    For "Name_Text" i used 
    if (event.value) event.value = "NAME ";
    and for "Name_Field" i used

    this.getField("Name_Text").value = event.value == "" ? "" : event.value;

    Nesa Nurani
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    Nesa NuraniCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 8, 2022

    In the script i gave you just change event.value to "NAME" like this:

    this.getField("Name_Text").value = event.value == "" ? "" : "NAME";

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      Fowzan22558090s6v8Author
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      January 8, 2022

      this does the work as well. thank you so much.

      Bernd Alheit
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      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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      January 8, 2022

      > i need to show a field's text description only if the field is not empty

       

      What want you show when the field is empty?

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      Fowzan22558090s6v8Author
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      January 8, 2022

      if "Name_Field" is empty i want "Name_Text" to be empty
      if "Name_Field" has any data i want "Name_Text" to show "Name"

      Bernd Alheit
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      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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      January 8, 2022

      You can change the visibility of the label.

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
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      January 8, 2022

      As the custom Format script enter the following code:

       

      if (event.value) event.value = "NAME " + event.value;

       

      This will prevent the value the user entered from actually being edited, and will also not add the fixed text multiple times each time you edit the field...

        try67
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        try67Community Expert
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        January 8, 2022

        Sorry, I thought this was a single field. Do you have one field for the label and another for the actual text?

        Nesa Nurani
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        Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
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        January 8, 2022

        As validation script of "Name_Field" field use this:

        this.getField("Name_Text").value = event.value == "" ? "" : event.value;

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          Fowzan22558090s6v8Author
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          January 8, 2022

          thanks for the quick response. appreciate it. tried the code but it copies the "Name_Field" data into "Name_Text" field. i would like the "Name_Text" field to show "Name" if any data has been entered into "Name_Field"

           

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