# Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053 "2020-04-23T19:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhidian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rhidian/32/176630_2.png) [@Rhidian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhidian)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053/2 "2020-04-23T21:04:16Z")

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PS development note. I had to do a JQuery hack to get this to work as a theme component. If it is possible to update the placeholder via the model - I would be grateful of you would let me know.

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