# Placeholder text not showing in Notes component **URL:** \ **Category:** Report a Bug\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654 "2020-07-17T13:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/1 "2020-07-17T13:07:51Z")
My app’s URL: [https://toddl.glideapp.io/](https://toddl.glideapp.io/) The placeholder text of the Notes component in my Form is not showing (it just shows the generic “add a new note”) Anyone else experiencing this bug? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/2 "2020-07-21T02:06:34Z")
I’ve never been a big fan of the notes component because it doesn’t show formatting once you change the note. I’ve recently switched my notes components to text entry components. I feel it looks better and expands as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/3 "2020-07-21T03:27:54Z")
@StephM The placeholder is what you see when you open the Note and it’s empty: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/1/1a837e328ab453bc08e051f4eeb2d82b743e5fd4.png) ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/4 "2020-07-21T07:24:42Z")
Precisely. And it is showing the generic text, not the one that I’ve specified in the builder. ![toddl interface (34)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/5/50c4238461cc4ec9c493f2b237ab6c20272e1d8b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/5 "2020-07-21T07:30:57Z")
Thanks Jeff, makes sense. I did just that and switched to text entry. The only thing is it looks less like a text box, but at least the placeholder works now. ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/6 "2020-07-21T07:45:08Z")
Ah. And the other thing is the placeholder gets deleted once the user types in their answer. Is there any way to make this text stay? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/7 "2020-07-21T11:38:24Z")
Why would you want the placeholder text to stay if the user already filled in an answer? Wouldn’t that be confusing? How would you expect that to look? ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/8 "2020-07-21T12:08:50Z")
The placeholder text would be like a pre-filled answer. The user would not actually need to type anything, or maybe they could just modify or add some text to it. ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/9 "2020-07-21T12:23:29Z")
What you are describing would be default text vs. placeholder. Placeholder universally functions as grayed out text that shows only when the field is empty. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/10 "2020-07-21T13:22:23Z")
@StephM Could you share that app and tell me where to find that Notes component? ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/11 "2020-07-22T07:12:36Z")
Ahh ok, thanks for clarifying @Deena and sorry for the confusion @Mark! Do you happen to know if there is any way to have default text in notes or text entry components instead of placeholder? ---
**Author:** ![StephM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@StephM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/StephM)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/placeholder-text-not-showing-in-notes-component/12654/13 "2020-07-22T13:43:31Z")
Never mind, I ended up getting rid of the notes component and using text entry instead. Thanks anyway.