---
title: placeholder
framework: social
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: social/slcomposeserviceviewcontroller/placeholder
---

# placeholder

A string that’s displayed in the compose view’s text view when the text view is empty.

## Declaration

```swift
var placeholder: String! { get set }
```

## See Also

### Managing the Contents of the Post

- [contentText](social/slcomposeserviceviewcontroller/contenttext.md)
- [textView](social/slcomposeserviceviewcontroller/textview.md)