Field help text inconsistency

PHPMaker General Discussion (PHPMaker)
1

I use page_render to set help text for fields like this…

function Page_Render() {
$this->b_date->CustomMsg .= “Select a date using the calendar”;
$this->t_start->CustomMsg .= “Select the detail start time using the drop-down list”;
$this->t_end->CustomMsg .= “Select the detail end time using the drop-down list”;
$this->ro->CustomMsg .= “Optionally, enter the Range Officer if known”;
}

It works fine but sometimes the text appears after the field (on the same line) and sometimes below the field.
(If I narrow the screen then eventually the text on the same line will wrap to the next line but the fileds with the text on the next line doesn’t move however much I widen the window.)
Why is this?

2

I think that’s normal since it depends on the length of characters of that custom message itself.

3

In the list above, it’s the last one - which is the shortest - that is on the same line as the field. The other three shorter ones are all under their field.
If I make the last one longer, it still stays on the same line as the field even when it disappears off the edge of the window!!

4

tag is inline, if you want them all to be shown under the field, you may use

tag.

5

Exactly what I needed. Thank you!