From 6872637053a22b392d326e83b479f32b2a6e95c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: f321x <f@f321x.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:59:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] qml: ElTextArea: hide placeholder text on user input

When the user enters something into the ElTextArea the placeholder
text should be hidden so it doesn't conflict with the user input.
This affects e.g. the lnurl pay dialog.
---
 electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
index f3c55d30d..1d69e04f5 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Flickable {
     property alias background: rootpane.background
     property alias font: edit.font
     property alias inputMethodHints: edit.inputMethodHints
-    property alias placeholderText: edit.placeholderText
+    property string placeholderText
     property alias color: edit.color
     property alias topPadding: rootpane.topPadding
     readonly property bool anyActiveFocus: activeFocus || edit.activeFocus
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Flickable {
             width: parent.width
             focus: true
             wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
+            placeholderText: edit.text.length ? "" : root.placeholderText
             onCursorRectangleChanged: root.ensureVisible(cursorRectangle)
             onTextChanged: root.textChanged()
             background: Rectangle {