# I need two different placeholders on new topic and reply body fields
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 29, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352 "2018-09-29T17:42:09Z")
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### Author:  [@Dorukhan\_Akkaya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dorukhan_Akkaya)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352/1 "2018-09-29T17:42:09Z")
I need to explain different things in NEW TOPIC \> BODY field and REPLY \> BODY field even if they are the same element. I need to use different placeholders.
What I tried is to change one of them with some javascript added at the end of the footer customisation with something like below, but I couldn’t make it through.
> \< script\>
> document.querySelector(‘.reply-area .with-tags .d-editor-input’).placeholder = ‘Listeniz için en az 20 karakterlik bir açıklama girin.’
> \< /script\>
Can anybody help?
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### Author:  [@Rhidian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhidian)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352/2 "2020-04-26T08:50:40Z")
Sorry to bump this old topic but replying as we now have a solution.
We have developed this theme component that should meet this need.
> [@Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053):
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> Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component This theme component enables you to display Topic Templates as placeholders (watermarks) instead of as editable template text. This allows you to provide custom instructions as a placeholder for each topic. For example: This is the normal placeholder (watermark) text. NB You can already change this site-wide by changing the custom text Go to Admin \>\> Customise \>\> Text Then search for the text that you see there on the screen. A se…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352/3 "2024-06-12T04:27:51Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-two-different-placeholders-on-new-topic-and-reply-body-fields/98352/4 "2024-06-12T06:27:57Z")