# 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:** [April 25, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053/7 "2020-04-25T16:50:21Z")

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FYI this only works if you first go to the category and create a new topic. If you try to create a new topic from the latest page and then select a category from the dropdown the text doesn’t display.

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