topic Placeholder text in geocoder widget in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Placeholder text in geocoder widget

KaitlynnDavis — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:48:41 GMT

I want to put some placeholder text in my geocoder widget so users know what it's there for. I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions for adding a placeholder property...

     var geocoder = new Geocoder({  map: map,  arcgisGeocoder: {   placeholder: "Zoom to a city or address"  } }, "search"); geocoder.startup();

Does anyone see any reason why I still don't see the placeholder text?

Re: Placeholder text in geocoder widget

JanelYang — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:08:07 GMT

Which browser are you using? It should work fine with Chrome and Firefox.

Re: Placeholder text in geocoder widget

KaitlynnDavis — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:11:56 GMT

I tried firefox and Internet Explorer, neither render the text. I am using API version 3.5, if that has any bearing on this property...

Re: Placeholder text in geocoder widget

JanelYang — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:28:37 GMT

Yes, this is a known issue at v3.5. It should work fine with other versions. A workaround for v3.5 is to use:

dom.byId("<your widget id>_input").placeholder = "Zoom to a city or address";

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/83QUM/3/

You may also look at previous threads:
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/87079-placeholder-for-basicviewer?p=307914#post307914
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/86520-Geocoder-Placeholder-not-working-in-3.5

Re: Placeholder text in geocoder widget

KaitlynnDavis — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:53:02 GMT

Yay! That worked for me. I appreciate the example and references