# Composer placeholder does not update when it should

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-placeholder-does-not-update-when-it-should/385560>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** composer\
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-placeholder-does-not-update-when-it-should/385560 "2025-10-14T15:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-placeholder-does-not-update-when-it-should/385560/5 "2025-10-14T16:07:17Z")

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It’s worse even,

- I have rich text as default
- I switch to markdown
- Placeholder stays the same
- I press F5
- Placeholder becomes the markdown+bbcode placeholder but composer switches back to rich text

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