Add HTML5 placeholder text to a textbox .net

Question

I have a standard input:

I\'d like to have this render with a dyn

Answer 1

Because I find it annoying/tiresome to add all the placeholders from the code behind. You can create a new TextBox Class that inherits the WebControls TextBox and then you can add the placeholder from the CodeBehind or from the HTML Side.

TextBox.cs (Placed in Project/Controls/)

namespace Project.Controls
{
    public class TextBox : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox
    {
        public string PlaceHolder { get; set; }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(PlaceHolder))
                this.Attributes.Add("placeholder", PlaceHolder);

            base.OnLoad(e);
        }
    }
}

Register Control In the Web.Config:

(use whatever tag prefix you want)

Usage:

or from the code behind

SomeId.PlaceHolder="This is a PlaceHolder";