On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev < skalogryz.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:35 PM, luiz americo pereira camara < > luiz...@oi.com.br> wrote: > >> >> I implemented here long time ago: >> https://code.google.com/p/luipack/source/browse/trunk/luicontrols/searchedit.pas >> >> If agreed i can add to LCL as TEdit.TextHint >> > > Two notes here: > > #1 > for the case of TSearchEdit - it should be (optionally) a stand alone > widget, rather than a hard-coded pure LCL control. > otherwise it would not be rendered properly for OSX > > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/ControlsText.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH51-SW5 > > and maybe (https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSearchBar.html) > gtk3 ? > > Win32 as well as Qt doesn't seem to have "native" controls, thus having > LCL-level wrapper is a good solution for them. > > #2 > Is luipack being moved to other source hosting service? (i.e. github, > sourceforge). code.google is closing. > > thanks, > Dmitry > In Windows: uses Windows; procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); const ECM_FIRST = $1500; EM_SETCUEBANNER = ECM_FIRST + 1; begin SendMessage(Edit1.Handle, EM_SETCUEBANNER, 0, LParam(PWideChar(WideString('My placeholder on Windows')))); end; I implemented this feature in an old project that I maintain, LazSolutions, and it was cross-platform. -- Silvio Clécio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
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