# Integrate placeholder forms inside reply templates
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** reply-template, placeholder-forms
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155 "2022-09-01T20:47:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@AndyB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155/1 "2022-09-01T20:47:37Z")
If I could add a suggestion for this component, our current use case is seen here in a bug reporting category:
> **[NEW Bug Report Template](https://forums.funcom.com/t/new-bug-report-template/200967)**
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> Bug Reporting Template We’re testing out a new forum component that allows for drop down menus and forms. While this is not a perfect solution for bug report forms, the goal is to make bug reporting easier and smoother. This is far from a final...
I’m using a combo of this component and its sibling, [Placeholder Forms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms/113533), to allows users to pick components of a report and have that generate a block of text. Would love to be able to just hit the “Create new topic” button after filling out info with the placeholder forms and have the new post pull from what’s visible instead of only the raw =PLACEHOLDER\_KEY=.
I hope I’m explaining this correctly. Like, once I fill out the placeholder forms and all the info is printed, I wish I could hit that button and have all what’s displayed here show up in the composer…
…instead of having the new post just show this.
In the Placeholder Forms topic, this post [Placeholder Forms - #38 by Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms/113533/38) seems to describe a similar issue to what I’m having and they seemed to have created a custom solution which I’m not sure how I could replicate for my needs. I’m also unsure which thread I should post this in…or if what I’m asking for is even possible. 😛
Anyway this is a pretty cool system. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155/3 "2025-05-20T12:36:34Z")
This sounds like something that you might be able to do more easily with a Custom Wizard, rather than using #placeholder-forms?
I use both CW and placeholders extensively, and the requirement you have seems better attuned to the CW’s inbuilt functionality. The free version should likely cover your use-case I think.
> [@Custom Wizard Plugin mage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345):
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> pavilionSummary Forms for Discourse. This plugin lets you make rich and powerful forms for your Discourse forum. Better user onboarding, structured posting, data enrichment, automated actions and much more for your community.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)people_huggingCommunity Community based support and discussions about this plugin are hosted on th…