Is there no "placeholder" text property for TextField()?

Heya,
I was trying to add "placeholder" text to a TextField but I don't see anything by that name. Is it named something else and I am just not seeing it or does it really not exist? I saw "usageHint" and thought perhaps that might be it, but after reading the description of it, probably not.

I imagine that in the meantime I could probably hack one together using events and adjusting the font color, but I feel that I really shouldn't have to do that. Hopefully, this will be added?

Thanks,
-MH

 

I understand. I appreciate the reply. I would, though, like to request that one day this be considered to be added if possible.

 

Awesome, good deal. I appreciate it.

 

I have completed this implementation, if you need to contact 771383629@qq.com

 

I appreciate it, but I already got it worked out.

https://i.imgur.com/Q0GLD2E.gifv

 

Here's my implementation:

Code (CSharp):

1. public static void SetPlaceholderText(this TextField textField, string placeholder)
2. {
3.     string placeholderClass = TextField.ussClassName + "__placeholder";
4.  
5.     onFocusOut();
6.     textField.RegisterCallback<FocusInEvent>(evt => onFocusIn());
7.     textField.RegisterCallback<FocusOutEvent>(evt => onFocusOut());
8.  
9.     void onFocusIn()
10.     {
11.         if (textField.ClassListContains(placeholderClass))
12.         {
13.             textField.value = string.Empty;
14.             textField.RemoveFromClassList(placeholderClass);
15.         }
16.     }
17.  
18.     void onFocusOut()
19.     {
20.         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(textField.text))
21.         {
22.             textField.SetValueWithoutNotify(placeholder);
23.             textField.AddToClassList(placeholderClass);
24.         }
25.     }
26. }

Usage:

Code (CSharp):

1. myTextField.SetPlaceholderText("Placeholder text");

You can also customize its appearance in USS:

Code (CSharp):

1. .unity-text-field__placeholder > .unity-base-text-field__input {
2.     color: #969696
3. }

 

Looks good, mind sharing?

 

Chances are good that if you do a search through your Unity package cache, you will come across an implementation that gets included a lot from different teams called "BetterTextField", that is what I have been using ever since I discovered it.

Example:
https://github.com/needle-mirror/co...9241ef4b/Editor/Components/BetterTextField.cs

 

The placeholder is really an useful feature.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. // Hopefully these features will eventually be in the default TextField eventually.
3. internal class BetterTextField : TextField
4. {
5. }
6.  

'Hopefully these features will eventually be in the default TextField eventually.' When it come true?

 

here I found an example:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-Focus-Events.html

 

Try this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public string inputContent = "";
2. public string placeholder = "Text here...";
3. private void OnGUI() {
4.     // Draw TextArea
5.     inputContent = EditorGUILayout.TextArea(inputContent, GUILayout.ExpandWidth(true), GUILayout.ExpandHeight(true));
6.     // Draw Plcaeholder
7.     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputContent)) {
8.         Rect pos = new Rect(GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect());
9.         GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle
10.         {
11.             alignment = TextAnchor.UpperLeft,
12.             padding = new RectOffset(3, 0, 2, 0),
13.             fontStyle = FontStyle.Italic,
14.             normal =
15.             {
16.                 textColor = Color.grey
17.             }
18.         };
19.         EditorGUI.LabelField(pos, placeholder, style);
20.     }
21. }

It looks like:

 

Thanx

 

2020.. it's in backlog... 2024... do it yourself :S

Thanks for community for providing examples

 

You missed the post by the Unity dev two posts above yours where this feature is now supported.

 

And that is wasn't being back ported to the version we needed it in.

 

New features are never back ported. That's always been the case.