Modify placeholder for Search widget

TracySchloss

I have my Search widget defined as

var searchTool = new Search({
 map: map,
allPlaceholder: "Find address or ZIP"
 }, dom.byId('searchDiv'));<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

The placeholder seems to be ignored, it still says "Find address or place" which is the default.  The majority of my users don't understand they can use this field to search by ZIP code, so I need to change this.

It seems like this used to say simply placeholder, not allPlaceholder in previous versions.  

rscheitlin

Tracy,

   That only works when you have more than one source for the Search widget. If you are only working with one source then you have to modify the default localization string:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="token function">require</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">"esri/map"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">"esri/dijit/Search"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">"dojo/i18n!esri/nls/jsapi"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">"dojo/domReady!"</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">function</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>Map<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Search<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> esriBundle<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; esriBundle<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>widgets<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Search<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>main<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>placeholder <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"blah"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">var</SPAN> map <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Map</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"map"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basemap<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"gray"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; center<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">120.435</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">46.159</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="comment token">// lon, lat</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; zoom<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">7</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">var</SPAN> search <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Search</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> map
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"search"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; search<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">startup</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>