Sep 3rd, 2016, 10:35 AM
The following does not fix the issue with the “Comments” section not showing up for Field Type ‘File’, but it may give you a workaround.
I seldom use the Field Comments section on any field for user instructions, for a couple reasons. The main one is that for the form template I use, the Field Comment appears below the field, whereas I want the user’s instructions to appear directly above the field, and did not see a way to do that. Additionally, I often want to place quite a large amount of descriptive text before a particular section or field on my form. While I do use the “Field Group” description area of the View for some instructions, I often need another way to place instructions or descriptions on the form.
So, to place these longer instructions, comments or descriptions on my form, I first create a field that will hold my comments/instructions, adjust the settings for that field to allow for the size I need, then use the Hooks Manager Module to prefill that field at the time of form creation with my comments/instructions. This also gives me the ability to provide a large block of description, instruction, etc. on my form wherever I want it to appear. The method is not completely perfect as far as formatting, but it accomplishes what I need.
I'm creating a separate post with a new subject line with instructions on how to do this, if you wish to try it.
I seldom use the Field Comments section on any field for user instructions, for a couple reasons. The main one is that for the form template I use, the Field Comment appears below the field, whereas I want the user’s instructions to appear directly above the field, and did not see a way to do that. Additionally, I often want to place quite a large amount of descriptive text before a particular section or field on my form. While I do use the “Field Group” description area of the View for some instructions, I often need another way to place instructions or descriptions on the form.
So, to place these longer instructions, comments or descriptions on my form, I first create a field that will hold my comments/instructions, adjust the settings for that field to allow for the size I need, then use the Hooks Manager Module to prefill that field at the time of form creation with my comments/instructions. This also gives me the ability to provide a large block of description, instruction, etc. on my form wherever I want it to appear. The method is not completely perfect as far as formatting, but it accomplishes what I need.
I'm creating a separate post with a new subject line with instructions on how to do this, if you wish to try it.