# Form Placeholder text not showing **URL:** \ **Category:** Website Builder\ **Created:** [June 13, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329 "2021-06-13T17:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Moss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Charlie\_Moss](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Charlie_Moss)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/1 "2021-06-13T17:27:31Z")
As you can see in the image, the form background is set to white and placeholder text to black. It is the same for hover and focus. The placeholder text doesn’t show unless the input box is selected for input. Should the values here not override others (important!)? ![2021.06.13-18_21_06-screenshot-cms.sitejet.io](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sitejet/original/1X/e7dfa6f1cc4f9d2020ec8b0b889ebcbf259521a2.png) ---
**Author:** ![zachary](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.sitejet.io/zachary/32/26_2.png) [@zachary](https://community.sitejet.io/u/zachary)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/2 "2021-06-14T13:24:04Z")
Whats’ the preview link? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Moss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Charlie\_Moss](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Charlie_Moss)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/3 "2021-06-14T13:26:08Z")
How do I send this privately? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Moss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Charlie\_Moss](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Charlie_Moss)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/4 "2021-06-14T16:58:29Z")
[https://cms.sitejet.io/326334](https://cms.sitejet.io/326334) I don’t think this is public. (Edit Admin: This would be the preview link: [http://1ddfcf-4fabe.preview.websitebutler.de/](http://1ddfcf-4fabe.preview.websitebutler.de/)) ---
**Author:** ![Lucian\_Dinu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.sitejet.io/lucian_dinu/32/141_2.png) [@Lucian\_Dinu](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Lucian_Dinu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/5 "2021-06-14T17:11:45Z")
Hi! you can use the the “Preview link” or “Share presentation link” option to share: ![Screenshot 2021-06-14 at 20.10.01](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sitejet/original/1X/9be0cd03114f7cdc7e7f7dcd1f20648817b1922f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Moss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Charlie\_Moss](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Charlie_Moss)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/6 "2021-06-16T10:00:27Z")
[https://my.sitejet.io/goto/1957839/da682a976f1832b94d16ec8e55b6dac875a1c0f661d3066c73863d0bd0d632b2/my\_website\_presentation](https://my.sitejet.io/goto/1957839/da682a976f1832b94d16ec8e55b6dac875a1c0f661d3066c73863d0bd0d632b2/my_website_presentation) This is the presentation link ---
**Author:** ![zachary](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.sitejet.io/zachary/32/26_2.png) [@zachary](https://community.sitejet.io/u/zachary)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/7 "2021-06-17T13:47:21Z")
![Screen Shot 2021-06-17 at 9.46.55 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sitejet/original/1X/762fc9d26beccc850d5117762bf0e2db8ad6ff37.png) It looks like that’s the CSS that’s causing the color to match the background - can you override this with your own CSS? ---
**Author:** ![Martin.Sitejet.Team](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.sitejet.io/martin.sitejet.team/32/25_2.png) [@Martin.Sitejet.Team](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Martin.Sitejet.Team)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/8 "2021-06-21T10:16:50Z")
@Charlie_Moss, should be fixed by just adding the element again and deleting the other element. ---
**Author:** ![Andre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.sitejet.io/andre/32/3459_2.png) [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/form-placeholder-text-not-showing/329/9 "2021-10-20T15:42:01Z")