# \#placeholder-forms **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/placeholder-forms/656.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Use more often placeholder forms in documentation topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-more-often-placeholder-forms-in-documentation-topics/395360)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-more-often-placeholder-forms-in-documentation-topics/395360 "2026-02-06T20:26:39Z")
Made me think that meta is, partially, a documentation platform. Searching for example.discourse.com in the documentation returns 46 results (and other topics may use another domain). Those topics could benefit from … --- ## [Placeholder forms is such a great component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms-is-such-a-great-component/386769)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms-is-such-a-great-component/386769 "2025-10-27T05:09:46Z")
I never used this theme component on my community websites as it was of no use. But I also have my own personal, closed forum which I use for many purposes. I’ve found placeholder forms incredibly useful for me. In par… --- ## [Code highlights prevent the placeholder value from being displayed in a codeblock](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-highlights-prevent-the-placeholder-value-from-being-displayed-in-a-codeblock/386574)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-highlights-prevent-the-placeholder-value-from-being-displayed-in-a-codeblock/386574 "2025-10-26T21:55:26Z")
I struggled with this issue for the last days before figuring out what the issue was. It was reported here: Placeholder Forms - #48 by jericson. The issue doesn’t seem to happen (anymore?) on the example given in the li… --- ## [Links don't work in placeholder forms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-dont-work-in-placeholder-forms/386578)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-dont-work-in-placeholder-forms/386578 "2025-09-04T08:50:26Z")
Is it possible to use a placeholder in a link ? I can’t achieve it: \[https://=D0MAIN=\]() https://=DOMAIN= The link is not clickable, whether I use markdown or HTML in the composer. It outputs: \https://discourse… --- ## [Placeholder Forms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms/113533)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-forms/113533 "2024-08-30T15:47:37Z")
:discourse2: Summary Placeholder Forms will let you build dynamic documentation, by creating a form that replaces any occurrence of a =PATTERN= in your post with the value from a text or selectable input fiel… --- ## [Placeholders which can perform simple text substitutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholders-which-can-perform-simple-text-substitutions/366848)
**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholders-which-can-perform-simple-text-substitutions/366848 "2025-05-20T12:48:30Z")
First of all thanks for placeholder-forms which is so incredibly useful and absolutely essential to my daily use of Discourses, across several instances ranging from ‘private notebook Discourse instance’ to ‘large public… --- ## [Integrate placeholder forms inside reply templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155)
**Author:** [@AndyB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155 "2025-05-20T12:36:34Z")
If I could add a suggestion for this component, our current use case is seen here in a bug reporting category: I’m using a combo of this component and its sibling, Placeholder Forms, to allows users to pick components… --- ## [How to make a form filler expand the text entry bar vertically?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-form-filler-expand-the-text-entry-bar-vertically/279136)
**Author:** [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-form-filler-expand-the-text-entry-bar-vertically/279136 "2023-09-16T18:24:43Z")
First and foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude for such an impressive component of the theme :clap: How might I configure, either through CSS or possibly by alternative means, so that the size of the …