Hint in TextBlock

GoJS
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What is the correct approach to have a default hint text for a TextBlock similar to HTML 5 placeholder attribute?

Thanks
Alain

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Actually, I think you are asking about the placeholder attribute of an <input> element in a text editor, not about the appearance of a TextBlock visual object in GoJS.

You can certainly customize your text editor however you like. Please read:
GoJS HTML Interaction -- Northwoods Software.

See also how the standard editor is implemented, at: https://gojs.net/latest/extensions/TextEditor.js. It’s demonstrated at: HTMLInfo Text Editor

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Yes I was asking similar to the placeholder attribute of input or textarea.

From your link I get it to understand that it is not available in the base TextBlock but we can implement a custom text editor like in TextEditor.js and there set the html placeholder to the value that we want.

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That’s correct.