TextBox.PlaceholderText Property

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls

Gets or sets the text that is displayed in the control until the value is changed by a user action or some other operation.

public:
 property Platform::String ^ PlaceholderText { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };

winrt::hstring PlaceholderText();

void PlaceholderText(winrt::hstring value);

public string PlaceholderText { get; set; }

var string = textBox.placeholderText;
textBox.placeholderText = string;

Public Property PlaceholderText As String

<TextBox PlaceholderText="placeholderString"/>

Property Value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The text that is displayed in the control when no value is entered. The default is an empty string ("").