{new} and {edit} placeholders return literal strings

[milesreid]

I'm trying to put placeholders on the form intro in order to provide a brief synopsis of the record, using a couple of fields.
In certain situations the placeholders return literal characters from the placeholders, instead of the data. Jo

Whilst editing a record, this works well using the standard syntax {tblcontact___client_surname}
When inserting a record, the form just shows the literal characters of the placeholder - obviously this is undesirable.

So I started using the {new} and {edit} placeholders:

{new: A new record is being inserted} <--This works fine

{edit: {tblcontact___client_surname}} <-- Whilst editing, this works well, but in insert mode, I just get a closing curly brace on the form.

Am I using incorrect syntax?

I'm using J! 3.9 and Fabrik 3.9.2 Thinking that this might connected to my editor, I have tested CodeMirror, TinyMCE and JCE with identical results.

Any help would be gratefully received
Thanks Miles

 

[troester]

Use [] inside {}: {edit:[table___element]}
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/forms/#details

 

[milesreid]

Many thanks, troester, just what was needed - and my apologies for not seeing the wiki page
Miles