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Hi everyone,

I have two questions regarding the description feature of Form Fields, which is typically shown via the small info icon (the little “i”) on mouse-over.

1. Form Field description visibility and placement
In one of my forms, I’m using a large input field, and the info icon appears very small and all the way to the right. It’s barely visible and often overlooked by users.
Ideally, I’d like to have the icon closer to the field label, or make it larger or more noticeable.
Alternatively, is there a way to display the field description directly inside the input (as placeholder or inline help text), which disappears once the user starts typing?

I’ve attached a screenshot where I’ve marked the icon and the large spacing, just to give you an idea of what I mean.

2. Form Type description at Start Element
I noticed that it’s possible to add descriptions to Form Types, which is great. However, when selecting a Form Type from the Start Element, the description isn’t shown anywhere.
Would there be a way to also display a small info icon next to each Form Type in the Start Element dialog, so users can see its description before selecting it?

The second screenshot presents what I mean by that.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Best regards,
N.J.

MVP

Hi Noelle,
1. In 2025 R2, there is an option to set placeholder text, but it has to be static - cant use any business rules etc. look at input placeholder*.
Before that placeholder configuration, and for longer types of text i've used HTML attributes, which were displayed above/below attribute, when i had to be sure that users read it.

2. Almost sure it's not possible with default start buttons unfortunately, especially on the screen you've attached.
The closest would be to set a description on the button itself, but this won't dynamically read it from form/workflow description (i'd suggest leaving it as user voice, as it seems like nice feature). **

* https://docs.webcon.com/docs/2025R2/Studio/Process/Attribute/General/Attribute_StyleAndBehavior#1-style
** https://docs.webcon.com/docs/2025R2/Studio/Application/Presentation/AppStartsOverview/