---
title: UITextPlaceholder
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: uikit/uitextplaceholder
---

# UITextPlaceholder

A placeholder object that reserves visual space in a text input view.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor class UITextPlaceholder
```

## Topics

### Accessing the selection rectangles

- [rects](uikit/uitextplaceholder/rects.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)

## See Also

### Managing placeholders

- [insertTextPlaceholder(with:)](uikit/uitextinput/inserttextplaceholder(with:).md)
- [remove(_:)](uikit/uitextinput/remove(_:).md)