Have a little project for EWB, and I forget how to set the "background hint" for an edit box to show what it is for.
And how can I set it to "email" type input so that iPhones etc use the email keyboard for ease of use?

The code I have for this seems to be from v1!

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Matthew Jones

On 1/15/2020 9:14 AM, Matthew Jones wrote:
> Have a little project for EWB, and I forget how to set the "background hint" for an edit box to show what it is for.
> And how can I set it to "email" type input so that iPhones etc use the email keyboard for ease of use?
>
> The code I have for this seems to be from v1!
>

AFAIK you have to hack the compiled source code to add placeholder hint
today to edits and memos

Raul

Raul wrote:

> placeholder

Ahah, the key word. Okay I shall have to work out how to hack it, unless EWB3 is about to hit our desks? 8-)

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Matthew Jones

On 1/16/2020 4:03 AM, Matthew Jones wrote:
>> placeholder
>
> Ahah, the key word. Okay I shall have to work out how to hack it, unless EWB3 is about to hit our desks? 8-)
>

I'm hoping we're really close now for EWB3 beta  ðŸ¤ž

Raul

>>"Matthew Jones" wrote:
>>And how can I set it to "email" type input so that iPhones etc use the email keyboard for ease of use?

Hi Matthew,

As far as the input type goes, you can set the InputType property of the edit box to tiEmail.

Cheers,
Paul

Paul Coshott wrote:

> As far as the input type goes, you can set the InputType property of the edit box to tiEmail.

Thanks - I must have known that existed as I check and see an old app has it. Thanks for reminding me.

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Matthew Jones

Okay, horrible hacks 'r' us. I hope Tim exposes this properly in EWB3 soon, but in the meantime you can "easily" get Placeholders by copying webedits to your own customised interface folder, then adding one line, as here:

function TEdit.GetInputElement: TInputElement;
begin
  FInputElement.Placeholder := Hint; // add this
  Result:=FInputElement;
end;

It applies the Hint to the placeholder, which I think makes sense anyway.

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Matthew Jones