# 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:** ![davidkingham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidkingham/32/119528_2.png) [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053/33 "2020-05-06T01:08:28Z")

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I just realized that this text shows up when you’re replying to a post, not just for creating a topic. Which, at least in my scenario does not work particularly well, is there any possibility for it to only show when creating a topic in the same way the topic template works now?

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