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ServiceNow: modifying field hint

Note: this is an older post, DOM manipulation is not recommended in ServiceNow

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options:

  • use annotation via configure form layout > * annotations
  • use g_form.showFieldMsg > use 4th boolean parameter and set to false to stop the form auto-scrolling to the field
  • use g_form.addDecoration

here's a rather clunky way of editing the change_request.test_plan hint:

var el = gel("label.change_request.test_plan");
//var el = gel("status.change_request.test_plan");
alert (el.innerHTML);


document.getElementById('status.change_request.test_plan').setAttribute('title', 'BLAHBLAH');
document.getElementById('status.change_request.test_plan').setAttribute('aria-label', 'BLAHBLAH');
alert(el.innerHTML);

 var elements = el.getElementsByTagName('span');
alert('LEN: ' + elements.length);
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i ++) {
        if(elements[i].className === 'label-text') {
alert('found!');
            alert(elements[i]);
elements[i].setAttribute('title', 'BLAHBLAH');
        }
 }
alert(el.innerHTML);

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