How to set placeholder in JavaFX?

Question

How to set placeholder for TextField in JavaFX? How can I do this w/o JavaScript?

Related: [Clear prompt text in JavaFX TextField only when user starts typing](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25125563/clear-prompt-text-in-javafx-textfield-only-when-user-starts-typing). — jewelsea, Dec 13 '16 at 19:03

score 62 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '14 at 12:11

62

Use the promptText property (see ref).

answered Apr 29 '14 at 12:11

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '17 at 13:17

15

In JavaFX, you can set like the following:

TextField searchInput = new TextField();
searchInput.setId("textField");
searchInput.setPromptText("Search");

answered Oct 28 '17 at 13:17

Jun Wei

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