NSTextField placeholder text doesn't show unless editing

Question

I set the placeholder text of my NSTextField in Interface Builder, but the placeholder text doesn\'t show until I click inside the text field to edit it.

Answer 1

Have you bound the NSTextField data in Interface Builder? If so, you have to set the "Multiple Values Placeholder", "No Selection Placeholder" and "Null Placeholder" in the bindings tab in your Utilities inspector. While youre at it, you could set the "No Applicable Placeholder" as well.