UITextView should have placeholder text

Originator:igeek1
Number:rdar://26819328 Date Originated:15-Jun-2016 12:10 PM
Status:Duplicate of 12213385 Resolved:21-Jun-2016 02:17 AM
Product:iOS Product Version:all of them
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Area:
UIKit

Summary:
UITextField has placeholder, attributedPlaceholder, and related methods for prompting the user about what they should type. UITextView should have a similar facility.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Desire to prompt the user to type in a long-form text view by showing some grayed out text. The blinking cursor shows up at the beginning of the text, and when the user edits the text of the text view to something other than nil or the empty string, the placeholder text is hidden.

Expected Results:
UITextView has placeholder, attributedPlaceholder, and other related properties for positioning and so on.

Actual Results:
UITextView has no such properties, causing countless developers to rewrite their own placeholder text for UITextView over and over.

Version:
all of them

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Configuration:
any iOS device ever

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