Entry Field - Placeholder Property
Text to be shown when the edit has no value
Member of Entry Field (PRIM_EVEF)
Data Type - String
The Placeholder property defines the caption to be shown in an edit when it is empty. Placeholders are commonly seen on input screens and will disappear the moment a value is entered into the edit.
The example below shows 4 address fields. Rather than using space to the left for a label, the field shows the desired content.
Begin_Com Role(*EXTENDS #PRIM_WEB) Height(456) Width(864)
Define_Com Class(#PRIM_LABL) Name(#Label1) Caption('Address') Displayposition(5) Ellipses(Word) Height(25) Left(8) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Tabposition(5) Tabstop(False) Top(7) Verticalalignment(Center) Width(401)
Define_Com Class(#PRIM_EDIT) Name(#Edit1) Displayposition(4) Left(8) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Showselection(False) Showselectionhilight(False) Tabposition(1) Top(40) Width(402) Placeholder('House Number and Street')
Define_Com Class(#PRIM_EDIT) Name(#Edit2) Displayposition(3) Left(8) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Showselection(False) Showselectionhilight(False) Tabposition(2) Top(72) Width(402) Placeholder('Suburb')
Define_Com Class(#PRIM_EDIT) Name(#Edit3) Displayposition(2) Left(8) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Showselection(False) Showselectionhilight(False) Tabposition(3) Top(104) Width(402) Placeholder('City')
Define_Com Class(#PRIM_EDIT) Name(#Edit4) Displayposition(1) Left(8) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Showselection(False) Showselectionhilight(False) Tabposition(4) Top(136) Width(402) Placeholder('State and Zip')
End_Com
Febuary 18 V14SP2