topic Re: Modify placeholder for Search widget in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Modify placeholder for Search widget

TracySchloss — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:02:20 GMT

I have my Search widget defined as

var searchTool = new Search({
 map: map,
allPlaceholder: "Find address or ZIP"
 }, dom.byId('searchDiv'));‍‍‍‍

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.

Re: Modify placeholder for Search widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:02:23 GMT

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:

      require([
        "esri/map",
        "esri/dijit/Search",
        "dojo/i18n!esri/nls/jsapi",
        "dojo/domReady!"
      ], function (Map, Search, esriBundle) {
         esriBundle.widgets.Search.main.placeholder = "blah";
         var map = new Map("map", {
            basemap: "gray",
            center: [-120.435, 46.159], // lon, lat
            zoom: 7
         });

         var search = new Search({
            map: map
         }, "search");
         search.startup();
      });‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Modify placeholder for Search widget

hoogw — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:46:30 GMT

I had same problem. Jan 2025, I use v4.31, this solution no longer works. Please let us know how to fix it.