Method

Gtk.Entry.set_placeholder_text

Declaration [src]

void
gtk_entry_set_placeholder_text (
  GtkEntry* entry,
  const char* text
)

Description [src]

Sets text to be displayed in entry when it is empty.

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

Parameters

text const char*
 

a string to be displayed when entry is empty and unfocused, or NULL

 Can be NULL
 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string