Anyone know how to I can add placeholder text in the search input field?

#1

Is there a way to add placeholder text to the search input field?

Something like this:

<input type="search" placeholder="My placeholder text"/>
#2

There is a placeholder parameter on the edit and edit-text widgets you can possibly locate the code for the search and set it.

Are you refering to the sidebar search?

The tag $:/tags/SideBarSegment lists $:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/search which contains the search code. This search is using the ## keyboard-driven-input Macro
 which says " To create the input field or textarea, the keyboard-driven-input macro accepts all parameters of the EditTextWidget

Solution for sideBar search
Edit $:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/search and add the parameter placeholder="Search term"to the only occurrence of keyboard-driven-input

  • Note: By editing the $:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/search tiddler you are modifying a core tiddler, if you upgrade the tiddlywiki version it will remain edited and you may not receive any updates to that tiddler.
#3

It’s the sidebar search.

#4

Responded editing the above tiddler because I was not sure your were “Live”, Where in the world are you @RedAsset ?, you seem closer to me in Sydney, Australia than most.

#5

Thanks. I actually live in the United States. In the central time zone.

#6

Ah, it’s later afternoon there. its 8:40am here :nerd_face: