Placeholder

This property specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field. The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value. It doesn't affect Drop-List combo-boxes.

The color of the placeholder text can be configured by setting iscobol.gui.placeholder_color in the configuration.

Note - The placeholder text is not necessarily displayed in the same position as the input text.

 

Example - Define a combo-box with a placeholder text

screen section. ... 03 screen-1-co-1 Combo-Box    line 19.0    column 23.0    size 12.0 cells     lines 11.0    id 13    3-d    drop-down    placeholder "Select the language"    .