Method

GtkTextset_placeholder_text

Declaration [src] 

void
gtk_text_set_placeholder_text (
  GtkText* self,
  const char* text
)

Description [src]

Sets the text to be displayed when the text widget is empty and unfocused.

This can be used to give a visual hint of the expected contents of the text widget.

Sets propertyGtk.Text:placeholder-text

Parameters

text

Type: const char*

A string to be displayed when self is empty and unfocused.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.