Placeholders in text

The quickest way to use a property is a placeholder token. Every property has one, shown on the Properties tab of the RowSprout template tab: @code_town_123@, where town is the property’s code and 123 the template’s ID.

Type the token in any text in the template, such as a Text Editor, a Heading or a button label. When RowSprout generates a page, it replaces every token with the row’s value: We fix leaks in @code_town_123@ within the hour becomes We fix leaks in Amsterdam within the hour.

The Insert RowSprout property button

You don’t have to type tokens by hand. In Elementor’s Text Editor widget, the toolbar has an Insert RowSprout property button. It lists the template’s properties; click one to insert its token.

For URL and Email properties, the button offers two choices:

• Insert as text inserts the value as plain text.
• Insert as link (URL) or Insert as email link (Email) inserts a link with the value as its address.

Which properties

The button offers single-line properties: Title, URL / Slug, Text field, URL, Email and Number, plus RowSprout Pro’s Checkbox, Date, Date and time and Icon.

Textarea and Item list properties are not offered: a token puts the value in as one line, so their line breaks would be lost. Use the Textarea or Item List widget instead.

Tokens, widgets or tags?

• A token works anywhere text goes, also in the middle of a sentence, and is replaced when the page is generated. A typo in a token stays visible on the page, so copy it from the Properties tab or use the button.
• A widget picks its property from a dropdown, so it cannot be mistyped, and has its own fallback and style settings.
• A dynamic tag (RowSprout Pro) fills a setting of any Elementor widget, such as a link or a caption, but always replaces the whole setting.