Feature Idea (one per thread): It would be nice to have an extra, optional field when modeling content to provide a more detailed description of the field or some basic instructions for the content creator. Currently we use the placeholder field to try to relay extra information but often it is not…

Hey, @jmetros ,Thanks for the feedback and for using a visual example of the use case, this helps us better understand how you would like to see the feature implemented in the UI! We have already had conversations about this in the past, a good approach would be to extend the character limit on the …

Hi, I second this, for the same reasons explained above. Would be hugely beneficial to the quality of the experience/service that a developer provides the content creator, especially those who are non-tech-savvy, and it would go nicely with the already easy-to-use, simple UI. Coming from a Shopify …

Hey @curtis.burns28 , welcome to the community, and thanks for the feedback. We'll consider it for the feature request as well.

Please build this feature! It would be really helpful to document functionality for editors.

@studio2 Thanks for showing your support for this idea! If we move forward with this, we'll post an update here. Sam

I have to third this. Placeholders are often dimmed and can be easily overlooked by the user.

@james0r Thanks for showing your support for this feature. If we move forward with this, we'll post an update here.

Why is the length for the placeholder limited to x chars? Since there's a missing feature to add a description to a specific field, the placeholder usually works fine, but sometimes it needs a bit more explanation for what a field is used for. Please do not limit the amount of chars that can be us…

@andreas.kratzel Thanks for showing your support for this feature. If we move forward with this, we'll post an update here. Racheal.

Bumping this thread - are there any plans to move forward with descriptions that are not stuffed into placeholders? I'm a bit surprised that this feature hasn't been prioritized since nearly all other CMS's we've worked with have field descriptions that are visible even after inputting content.

Feature Request: Field Description / Notes

Prismic Administrative Support Features

Topic		Replies	Views
Do not limitate length of field description Developing with Prismic product-feature-idea	0	397	January 16, 2023
Add help text or better description functionality Features product-feature-idea	1	1282	December 10, 2020
How to add text instructions to content editing screens Developing with Prismic product-feature-idea	2	1565	November 18, 2020
Character limit fields Features product-feature-idea	3	1157	July 22, 2021
Custom validation settings on fields? Prismic for Content Creators product-feature-idea	19	4760	December 2, 2024

Feature Request: Field Description / Notes

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