I cannot figure out what is wrong with my markup, but the placeholder for the text area will not appear. It seems as though it may be covered up with some blank spaces and tabs. When you focus on the text area and delete from where the cursor puts itself, then leave the text area, … Read more
This is done automatically for every browser except Chrome. I’m guessing I have to specifically target Chrome. Any solutions? If not with CSS, then with jQuery? Kind regards. 27 Answers 27
How can I add a placeholder in a UITextView, similar to the one you can set for UITextField, in Swift? 44 Answers 44 Updated for Swift 4 UITextView doesn’t inherently have a placeholder property so you’d have to create and manipulate one programmatically using UITextViewDelegate methods. I recommend using either solution #1 or #2 below … Read more
How can I add a placeholder text to EditText in the class that isn’t in the XML? I have the following EditText in my code which will be shown in alertdialog: final EditText name = new EditText(this); 8 Answers 8
My application uses an UITextView. Now I want the UITextView to have a placeholder similar to the one you can set for an UITextField. How to do this? 62 s 62
I’m using placeholders for text inputs which is working out just fine. But I’d like to use a placeholder for my selectboxes as well. Of course I can just use this code: <select> <option value=””>Select your option</option> <option value=”hurr”>Durr</option> </select> But the ‘Select your option’ is in black instead of lightgrey. So my solution could … Read more
Chrome supports the placeholder attribute on input[type=text] elements (others probably do too). But the following CSS doesn’t do anything to the placeholder’s value: input[placeholder], [placeholder], *[placeholder] { color: red !important; } <input type=”text” placeholder=”Value”> But Value will still remain grey instead of red. Is there a way to change the color of the placeholder text? … Read more
