Hiya @nicksimard !
I don’t think this is possible right now, but it could be in the future! :)
A quick search found a potentially related idea too.
Does that sound about right?
@nicksimard actually, since you’re talking about placeholder text, I think @Blastoise186 is spot on.
You might be interested in this question where a form on the homepage can be filled and points to the new topic page with the form content pre-filled:
And there is also a very simple answer for the new topic page to open with a type of topic to start being pre-selected based on the url parameter:
If you’re familiar with how these are done you should be able to figure out what you want to achieve! (There is a trick with the class to go from placeholder text to actual content).
@Blastoise186 , I hadn’t seen this idea for templates beforeI Definitely upvoted that!
@nicksimard Actually I think we over complicated the issue here. it wasn’t super intuitive but I found the Phrase for this text, so its very easy to edit, simply go to InSided Control > Customisation > Phrases > Add Phrases button (Top right), and fill the following:
- Module: Forum
- Key: new.topic.placeholder.textarea
- Translation (Singular): INSERT YOUR CONTENT IN HTML
For actual pre-filled text the script shared in “Start a topic widget” is the way to go… it is simply a matter of changing the class of the container to:
post__content--new-editor post__content post__content--openingPost cke_editable cke_editable_themed cke_contents_ltr cke_show_borders
and it will no longer be placeholder text.
cc @Blastoise186 this one definitely required Control access!!! :)