Wt

Hi there!

I am using an WInplaceEdit and would like to set an EmptyText with setPlaceholderText.

Unfortunately this placeholder is not rendered... Making it impossible to actually change it.

InPLaceEdit is in the Title Widget of a Dialog and is either set, if the wanted string is not empty, or an placeholder text is used.

In a short Test it also happened if I just put it on the main container, no dialog involved.

    txt_Title = dialog->titleBar()->addNew<Wt::WInPlaceEdit>();
    if(objItem->s_itemTitle.empty())
        txt_Title->setPlaceholderText(Wt::WString::tr("text.empty.InplaceEdit")); 
        // resolves to "Please click to change" -> Works if used with "setText";
    else
        txt_Title->setText(objItem->s_itemTitle);

Firefox is Version 69.0

Chromium is 76.0.3809.132

Looking at the generated HTML Code, the span with class input-group is styled with "display:none;"

If that is deaktivated, the Input Form including the placeholder Text and Buttons are shown.

Question is: is that a feature or a Bug? I would like to be the placeholder Text be visible from the get go, and have the controls when the Text is actually changing.

How do I do that?

Wt Version 4.1.0

Thank you!

Christian