PROBLEM Custom Permalink Structure

[notabene]

Hello everyone,

In Settings->general settings Custom Permalink Structure field is disabled. I cannot edit it.

Please help.

[shawn_a]

What browser?
Use another browser, perhaps.

What happens when you click in it and type?

[notabene]

What browser?
Use another browser, perhaps.

What happens when you click in it and type?

No, its not browser. I tried just in case firefox and chrome and on different computers.
The field is just as usual disabled field with grayed out pattern:
%parent%/%slug%/
and i cant change it.

I have another getsimple website(though with lesser version of getsimple) and everything is ok there.

[Carlos]

It's not disabled, it's showing the default value.
You have to type (not edit) your custom structure there (if you want to change it, of course)

[shawn_a]

Its called a placeholder, it disappears when you type in the field.

[notabene]

I didnt think about placeholder thing
Thanks, that was it

[shawn_a]

The confusion is because chrome ( and maybe other browsers ) do not hide the placeholder on input focus, which is odd.

I will override this.

[moped]

The confusion is because chrome ( and maybe other browsers ) do not hide the placeholder on input focus, which is odd.

Because of this behaviour I added the jQuery Placeholder Plugin to my contact form.
I didn't want to use <legend> or a headline or something to make it look slim.
You can find one here.
All you have to do is add this line

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="'.$SITEURL.'path_to/js/jquery.placeholder.js"></script>

and add the css class like

Code:

.placeholder {
    color: #888 !important;
}
.placeholderFocus {
    color: #555;
}

Just a thought. You can even override it.

[shawn_a]

https://github.com/GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS/issues/945
I wont be using a js solution