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.
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 frameTextEntry:Dock( TOP )
TextEntry.OnEnter =function( self )
chat.AddText( self:GetValue() ) -- print the form's text as server textendlocal TextEntryPH =vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", frame ) -- create the form as a child of frameTextEntryPH: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 textendend )
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