Field descriptions

Forms
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When I create a form that is based on SP list, how can add field default descriptions under each field, similarly to the standard SP form?

2

Dear @ElNa,
Unfortunately, right now the field descriptions are not available in the Forms. You can manually add these as Plain Text/Rich Text controls, for example. We’ll have to research this question further, and if it’s possible, make descriptions available in the future versions!

3

Hi Nikita, thank you for the explanation. In my opinion, this is a huge limitation of the forms. We put a lot of effort to provide meaningful explanations for the fields, and to have it duplicated in the forms would be a huge minus. Also, how would we handle different languages?
Elena.

4

Dear Elena,
I see about the field’s description and understand your concern. We will try our best to bring them to our forms, if it’s indeed possible - we’ll definitely let you know on the progress.

As for different languages/forms, we recommend using Form Sets and routing - you can redirect users depending on their group/user properties to a specific set of forms. This redirection is automatic, you just need to configure it like in the instruction here - https://plumsail.com/docs/forms/designer/form-sets.html

5

We have the same need, its OOB feature…

6

We are currently looking for ways to incorporate descriptions to our fields, but it’s already possible to retrieve field’s description with the following code:

fd.spFormCtx.ListSchema.FIELD_NAME.Description
//for example:
fd.spFormCtx.ListSchema.Title.Description

Currently, you can retrieve field descriptions with JS and attach them to controls, such as Plain/Rich text, for example. Not the most convenient way, but it’s doable. In the future, we’ll make it possible without the use of JavaScript.

7

I just found out they work on People fields - maybe if you look at that and make sure it applies on all types of fields

At this point JS for descriptions is a bit of too much in my case I have 30 fields …

8

Dear @siseto,
For now, try adding the following JS, it should automatically add description to fields:

fd.spRendered(function() {
    $.each( fd.spFormCtx.ListSchema, function( property, value ) {
        if (value.Description) {
            var field = value.InternalName;
            var desc = value.Description;
            $(fd.field(field).$el).after( "<p>" + desc + "</p>" );
        }
    });
});

In the future, you won’t need it, but right now, it should do.

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Dear friends,
Field descriptions should now be available for all fields by default, so you won’t need this peace of code anymore.