Field instructions

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You can add per-field help to display either instruction text next to the field, or an icon with a tooltip.

To display the instructions text next to the field, add the instructions element to the field:

     <field ...>
         <instructions>The KB priority ranges from 0 (do not work on the KB) to 100
          (do immediately). 
          </instructions>

To display the help icon with a tooltip next to the field, add the tooltip element to the field:

     <field ...>
         <tooltip>The KB priority ranges from 0 (do not work on the KB) to 100 
           (do immediately). 
           </tooltip>

You can change the instructions text or its style properties such as color dynamically from Java Script code:

var instructionsEl = form.fields.get('wr.location').getInstructionsEl();
instructionsElement.innerHTML = getMessage('status_text');
instructionsElement.className = 'instructionWarning';