---
title: attributedPlaceholder
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextfield/attributedplaceholder
---

# attributedPlaceholder

The styled string that displays when there is no other text in the text field.

## Declaration

```swift
@NSCopying var attributedPlaceholder: NSAttributedString? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property is nil by default. If set, the placeholder string is drawn using system-defined color and the remaining style information (except the text color) of the attributed string. Assigning a new value to this property also replaces the value of the placeholder property with the same string data, albeit without any formatting information. Assigning a new value to this property does not affect any other style-related properties of the text field.

## See Also

### Configuring the text attributes

- [text](uikit/uitextfield/text.md)
- [attributedText](uikit/uitextfield/attributedtext.md)
- [placeholder](uikit/uitextfield/placeholder.md)
- [defaultTextAttributes](uikit/uitextfield/defaulttextattributes.md)
- [font](uikit/uitextfield/font.md)
- [textColor](uikit/uitextfield/textcolor.md)
- [textAlignment](uikit/uitextfield/textalignment.md)
- [typingAttributes](uikit/uitextfield/typingattributes.md)
- [UITextField.BorderStyle](uikit/uitextfield/borderstyle-swift.enum.md)