# Insert placeholder text in post while uploading

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-placeholder-text-in-post-while-uploading/32682>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** uploads\
**Created:** [29 Agosto, 2015 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-placeholder-text-in-post-while-uploading/32682 "2015-08-29T15:12:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [9 Septiembre, 2015 22:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-placeholder-text-in-post-while-uploading/32682/4 "2015-09-09T22:41:10Z")

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Works! Looks like this:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/8/d8ac25e0f20f7bec19112bfa3dc314e2e6a72fb2.png)

Very nice improvement, excellent suggestion @erlend_sh

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