How to display a field label within fields?

Classic Servoy
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I remember a post a year or two back that discussed how to display a field label or other text within a field when the field itself had no data. The idea was to save space on a blank form by displaying text such as ‘Surname’, ‘First Name’ in gray in the corresponding empty fields rather than beside the field. Once the field is entered, the gray text would vanish.
Try as I might I couldn’t find the post. Does anyone recall it, or have any suggestions about how best to achieve this effect?

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http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?t=449

Dean Westover
Choices Software, Inc.

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Thanks, Westy. A tip of the hat to you!
I think there’d be a similar effect by making the label in/visible?

elements.firstname_label.visible = !firstname;