# Summary

In normal rendering of Drupal form fields, the field's "description" (i.e., its help text) gets placed below the form's input element, which is not necessarily the most useful place to place it. On textarea form fields that enable multiple input formats, for example, the field's help text gets placed below the text format selector and tips. This means that website users are unlikely to notice and read the help text.

A number of attempts have been made to come up with ways of theming Drupal form fields to reposition the description, but none of these approaches works consistently with all form elements. This module attempts to provide a more comprehensive, flexible and simpler-to-implement solution: a second help field that will appear directly below the form element's label.

# Project URL

https://www.drupal.org/project/label_help

# Where is the code?

https://github.com/gnuget/label_help

# Estimated completion date

Unknown

# Dependencies

N/A

# Who's doing the port?

gnuget

# What help do they need?

This still needs work, needs manual testing (to check if all the field types are working as expected), and needs tests.

-gnuget

# D8 roadmap

https://www.drupal.org/node/2409351

# Background and reference information

https://www.drupal.org/node/2409351

Comments

NWOM created an issue. See original summary.

NWOM’s picture

Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Needs work
jwilson3’s picture

I've created a followup issue that in theory should finalize the work needed to create a stable Drupal 8 release for Label Help.

Your review and testing are much appreciated.

#2948501: Improve Drupal 8 field compatibility