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SearchBox.PlaceholderText Property

Definition

Gets or sets the text that is displayed in the control until the value is changed by a user action or some other operation.

public:
 property Platform::String ^ PlaceholderText { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };
winrt::hstring PlaceholderText();

void PlaceholderText(winrt::hstring value);
public string PlaceholderText { get; set; }
var string = searchBox.placeholderText;
searchBox.placeholderText = string;
Public Property PlaceholderText As String
<SearchBox PlaceholderText="placeholderString"/>

Property Value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The text that is displayed in the control when no value is entered. The default is an empty string (""). The maximum placeholder text length is 128 characters.

Applies to