# Reply Template **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-template/162373 **Category:** Theme component **Tags:** official, reply-template **Created:** [August 28, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-template/162373 "2020-08-28T18:23:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 65
### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank) #### Post date: [June 7, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-template/162373/65 "2025-06-07T19:55:54Z")
I think that this TC does what you are looking for: > [@Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-template/162373)._