DTextEntry:SetPlaceholderText
Description
Sets the placeholder text that will be shown while the text entry has no user text. The player will not need to delete the placeholder text if they decide to start typing.
Arguments
Example
This example shows what the placeholder text looks like
concommand.Add( "test_textentry", function(ply)
local frame = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
frame:SetSize( 400, 200 )
frame:Center()
frame:MakePopup()
local TextEntry = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", frame ) -- create the form as a child of frame
TextEntry:Dock( TOP )
TextEntry.OnEnter = function( self )
chat.AddText( self:GetValue() ) -- print the form's text as server text
end
local TextEntryPH = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", frame ) -- create the form as a child of frame
TextEntryPH:Dock( TOP )
TextEntryPH:DockMargin( 0, 5, 0, 0 )
TextEntryPH:SetPlaceholderText( "I am a placeholder" )
TextEntryPH.OnEnter = function( self )
chat.AddText( self:GetValue() ) -- print the form's text as server text
end
end )
Output: 
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