Xpages Combobox placeHolder does not work

Question

I tried to add "Placeholder attribute into a combobox. I have either an error or It does not work :(

NOTE: I use bootstrap 3.2.0

<xp:comboBox id="dRes" value=" {document1.dRes}">
<xp:this.attrs>
<xp:attr name="placeholder" value="Select a value"> </xp:attr>
</xp:this.attrs>
</xp:comboBox>

See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5805059/how-do-i-make-a-placeholder-for-a-select-box — jpishko, Sep 23 '16 at 14:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:59

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No that will not work, the 'placeholder' of a combobox is the first item of the combobox or the selected value

answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:59

Frank van der Linden

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As Frank says - For me, I always compute the first value of my combo's to be something like If you need to do validation to make sure an option has been selected, then instead of checking for "" or null, I simply do a check to make sure the value is not – Chris Richards Sep 26 '16 at 09:26

Xpages Combobox placeHolder does not work

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