Title: Customizing fields
Last modified: October 11, 2018

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# Customizing fields

 *  Resolved [rachrippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachrippy/)
 * (@rachrippy)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/)
 * How can I make the job_title field display as a multi-line textarea? Would also
   like to restrict the character limit. (post ad link on [http://novel.is/stuffisinteresting/](http://novel.is/stuffisinteresting/))
 * This is what I have so far for customizing this field in the functions file:
 * $fields[‘job’][‘job_title’][‘label’] = “”;
    $fields[‘job’][‘job_title’][‘placeholder’]
   = “Your Line”; $fields[‘job’][‘job_title’][‘description’] = “(No Brand Names.
   No Hard Selling.)”; $fields[‘job’][‘job_title’][‘priority’] = 1; $fields[‘job’][‘
   job_title’][‘required’] = true;
 * How can the category selection (job_type) be displayed as ul/li buttons instead
   of a dropdown selection? Here is what I have currently in this section:
 *  $fields[‘job’][‘job_type’][‘label’] = “Tag:”;
    $fields[‘job’][‘job_type’][‘priority’]
   = 5; $fields[‘job’][‘job_type’][‘required’] = true;
 * Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustomizing-fields%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Jenny (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennywp/)
 * (@jennywp)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/#post-10772633)
 * Hi [@rachrippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachrippy/),
 * Assistance with implementing or troubleshooting customizations is outside of 
   the scope of the support that we offer, per our Support Policy:
 * [https://wpjobmanager.com/support-policy/](https://wpjobmanager.com/support-policy/).
 * If you need it, you can search for development help in a variety of places — 
   here are a few to start:
 * [http://jobs.wordpress.net/](http://jobs.wordpress.net/)
    [https://jetpack.pro/](https://jetpack.pro/)
   [https://codeable.io/?ref=l1TwZ](https://codeable.io/?ref=l1TwZ)
 * I’ll leave this open for a few days in case there’s someone else in the community
   who would like to chime in and lend a hand.
 * Best of luck.
 *  Thread Starter [rachrippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachrippy/)
 * (@rachrippy)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/#post-10772898)
 * Is it possible to point me in the right direction of what file needs to be edited
   to make adjustments?
 * It would seem that displaying a textarea instead of an input field for submitting
   a job_title should be a simple adjustment.
 *  Plugin Support [Jenny (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennywp/)
 * (@jennywp)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/#post-10783013)
 * Hi [@rachrippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachrippy/),
 * The form file is here:
 * [https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/blob/ca393939543a49046494a705c7edcf65e7ba8480/includes/forms/class-wp-job-manager-form-submit-job.php](https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/blob/ca393939543a49046494a705c7edcf65e7ba8480/includes/forms/class-wp-job-manager-form-submit-job.php)
 * WP Job Manager core is open source and openly browseable on GitHub, so you can
   look for things in that repository as needed. 🙂
 * Cheers!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Richard Archambault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
 * (@richardmtl)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/#post-11131922)
 * I’m marking this thread as Resolved as it’s been more than a month since the 
   last reply. If you still need help, please do reply again and mark the thread
   as Unresolved!

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-fields/#post-11131922)
 * Status: resolved