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Placeholder text in modern text input control disappears when display mode changed to view

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Posted on by JWHTX

Hi! I'm designing my first app and have made a lot of good progress thanks to these forums. I've finally come across an issue I can't find a solution to.

At the very core of my problem, if my modern text input control has placeholder text, when I set the display mode to view, the placeholder text disappears. If I switch it back to edit or change it to disabled, the text reappears.

I'm wondering if the font color of the placeholder text is changing to match the background of the text input control, but I can't even fathom how to begin troubleshooting this. It's the same whether I'm testing in my current app or create a blank app. Using a classic text input, I can't duplicate this issue using the hint property. I am having similar issues with other modern controls, though.

Is this a feature? Bug? Limitation of the current state of modern controls?

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AhmedSalih 6,678 Moderator on at

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Hello, @JWHTX, Modern Control Text input is by design won't show the placeholder in the view mode. View mode meant to show the Parent.Default value if any. If you want to show the same value of the placeholder, change the property of the Default to :

If( IsBlank(Parent.Default), "Place Holder", Parent.Default )

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I see. What I was hoping to do won't work, then. I'll have to figure out a workaround. Thanks for the reply, Ahmed!

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