# Search bar placeholder text **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [November 10, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866 "2019-11-10T22:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/1 "2019-11-10T22:50:43Z")
Allow customised placeholder text in search bar. Currently shows ‘search’ could show ‘search for xxxxxx’ this can often be useful to users letting them know or giving them an example of what they can search for. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gannonatwork](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gannonatwork/32/91717_2.png) [@gannonatwork](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gannonatwork)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/2 "2019-11-13T00:26:22Z")
Absolutely a thumbs up on this suggestion! The search feature in Glide is tremendous and reaches all corners of every record, making it so powerful for app users. While the idea may be simple, it would be very impactful. Use case for us is we have a Parks section in our [Maricopa Healthy app](https://maricopahealthysand.glideapp.io) that includes 692 records and when displayed in either map or even list view is a little overwhelming. But, if we could replace _Search_ with _Enter a city or zip code_ both views become much more powerful (and userful) for the end user. Hey @david and @Mark, I won’t pretend to know what would be involved to make the Search placeholder text editable, but couldn’t this be a quick win for everyone—devs and users alike? Thx ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/3 "2019-11-13T15:22:50Z")
Yeah i think it would be very helpful to users, thanks for supporting ---
**Author:** ![mikenewt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mikenewt/32/2765_2.png) [@mikenewt](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mikenewt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/4 "2020-01-16T20:24:37Z")
Bumping this one! ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Olawuni](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/victor_olawuni/32/5361_2.png) [@Victor\_Olawuni](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Victor_Olawuni)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/5 "2020-02-01T22:11:58Z")
Agreed! his would be super useful! ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/6 "2020-02-01T22:46:20Z")
This is now available 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Olawuni](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/victor_olawuni/32/5361_2.png) [@Victor\_Olawuni](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Victor_Olawuni)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/7 "2020-02-01T22:53:33Z")
Just saw it shortly after I replied ha! cheers @Rosewebstudio ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dr_renee_volny_darko/32/4492_2.png) [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/8 "2020-11-19T20:48:19Z")
Oh! Where can I find it? How do I do this? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dr_renee_volny_darko/32/4492_2.png) [@Dr\_Renee\_Volny\_Darko](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dr_Renee_Volny_Darko)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/9 "2020-11-19T20:49:52Z")
Oh… never mind! I thought this thread was addressing another issue. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-placeholder-text/1866/10 "2020-11-20T05:20:13Z")
😬 Nope… This doesn’t work for the inline list component…