Placeholder only available in create context, even if field stays empty

Feature request
1

Problem description

Placeholder only available in create context, even if field is empty in update context

Steps to reproduce

I have reproduced the problem on an up-to-date Simplicité instance
and those are the steps to do it:

placeholder

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As designed since the creation of the placeholder (~2010 ? not a major defect) = one help on creation / in addition to the default value.

	if (o.isNew() && f.placeholder && !f.ref)
		inp.attr("placeholder", f.placeholder);

We can remove the rule easily, but there must have been a reason not to overload visually the form once it was created :

  • use instead the help on field
  • or change the post to a feature request and vote !