placeholder text

[sitefinitysteve]

How do I go about getting some placeholder text inside the combo so when they click on it or start tying it disappears?

I tried the HTML5 placeholder attribute on the input, but it doesn't seem to work.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Steve,

 
HTML5 placeholder attribute works perfect on my side:

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[sitefinitysteve]

Hmmm, ok difference for me was I put it on the input before it was Kendo'd, not after

That makes a difference then eh :)  Okay, I'll try thanks

[Adeel]

Hi,
Is there any way to set optionLabel on "select" element's html rather than doing it programatically from javascript ?
Example :
<select option-label="Please select"  otherHtmlAtrributes......    />

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Charles,

 
The optionLabel option is supported only by the DropDownList widget. The ComboBox has placeholder option. A configuration option can be defined declaratively if the widget is initialized with kendo.init or kendo.bind. In your case, the optionLabel option needs to be defined like this:

<select data-option-label="Please select"  otherHtmlAtrributes......    />

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
Telerik