Field Description Display on Read Only

[Lana]

Hi,
Is there any way to get the Field Description to display on a Field that is set to read only?

Thanks!
Lana

[Alexander Bautz]

Yes – https://spjsblog.com/dffs/dffs-user-manual/#Read-only_fields_NewForm_and_EditForm

Alexander

[Lana]

THANK YOU! Very much appreciated!

[Sanchez]

Hi Alexander, the user manual referenced above does not say how to make field description visible. It only says:
Read-only fields = Select fields to make read only.

I was able to display it by first unhiding the entire .dffs-readonly-hidden and only hiding the .ms-long portion of it using the Custom CSS below. Only problem is that there is a <br> line break element that leaves a white space. How can I remove that line break so that the description is displayed immediately below the input fields like it does for non-readonly fields?

.dffs-readonly-hidden {
display: block;
}

.dffs-readonly-hidden .ms-long{
display: none;
}

[Alexander Bautz]

Sorry, the user manual did not mention this setting, but you find a checkbox named Show field description for read-only fields in the Misc tab under the heading Read-only fields.

Please note that you only find this in NewForm and EditForm configurations.

Alexander

[Sanchez]

Thank you Alexander. That box did not work for me for some reason. My ‘read-only’ fields also happen to be ‘cascading dropdowns’ so I’m not sure if that is why. I tested the function with a non-casc field and it does appear to work okay with those.

[Sanchez]

Hi Alexander, I was able to solve for it using the following:

.dffs-readonly-hidden{
display: block;
}

.dffs-readonly-hidden .ms-long, .dffs-readonly-hidden br{
display: none;
}

Thanks!!!

[Alexander Bautz]

It’s most likely the cascading dropdown script that is interfering – I’m glad you found a solution.

Alexander

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