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[solved] Add placeholder text into search box

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Community Member, 16 Posts

3 October 2013 at 2:27am

@mdowton (or anyone else) - in 3*, any idea how you'd go about it with the

TextField::create("Address", "Street Address")

style construction?

Forum Moderator, 1391 Posts

3 October 2013 at 4:14am

Edited: 03/10/2013 4:14am

TextField::create("Address", "Street Address")
	->setAttribute('placeholder', 'Enter your address')

Community Member, 16 Posts

3 October 2013 at 4:39am

Thanks martimiz - that worked perfectly!

Community Member, 2 Posts

25 February 2014 at 11:51am

Is it possible to set the placeholder text in the template rather than in the PHP code?

Community Member, 116 Posts

25 February 2014 at 11:55am

There is probably a way, but why would you need to do this? I am sure the php option is the conventional solution.

Best,

NovaWeb

Community Member, 1 Post

18 April 2014 at 3:32am

Hey @mdowtown That worked for adding placeholders on the admin side as well, thanks much!

Community Member, 10 Posts

29 May 2014 at 5:02pm

Edited: 29/05/2014 8:05pm

I agree with corry . it can also be enabled like his site.