# Placeholder (formats on web client)

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/placeholder-formats-on-web-client/17044>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/placeholder-formats-on-web-client/17044 "2013-02-22T00:40:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![djlapin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@djlapin](https://forum.servoy.com/u/djlapin)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/placeholder-formats-on-web-client/17044/1 "2013-02-22T00:40:54Z")

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Does entering a placeholder do nothing for field formats, on the web client?

Thank you,  
Don

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**Author:** ![david.pearce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@david.pearce](https://forum.servoy.com/u/david.pearce)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/placeholder-formats-on-web-client/17044/2 "2013-02-22T08:25:01Z")

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Its really weird,

I am sure this was working in 6.1.3 a week or two ago, and i have two fields and it has just stopped working.

I use the mask function and they dont just appear, yet I could swear they were working!

I tried a form variable on a single form, to test it, and it doesnt work.

Maybe i upgraded from6.12 to 6.13 and this is a new issue?

Is anyone else able to get this to work in webclient, or maybe I am dreaming and it never did!

David