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2.10. Supporting Text & Callouts

Supporting text is text that appears under a form field to explain how to fill out that field.

In the image above, the text "Please type in your first and last name" is supporting text.

A callout is supporting text that only shows up when a form field is highlighted.  Here's an example:

To change the supporting text for a field, edit that field by clicking on it and then fill out the "supporting text" field.  To make this text a callout, click on the "callout" checkbox.

Note:  Callouts will not work with select lists, radio buttons, checkboxes, or file upload fields.  The reason for this is that the supporting text is there to help people with their form input.  With those particular fields, they won't see the callout until they've already made a choice, and by then, it will be too late.