Allow Scratchers To Set their own placeholder for their comments.

dogsmakemehappy

So if you don't know, when you see a text area it sometimes has a placeholder. The normal scratch Placeholder is ‘leave a comment’. But I think it would be nice for users to be able to set their own placeholders, one for comments and one for studios. Of course your placeholders would go through filterbot, but that is to prevent people from using banned words/phrases.

the2000

Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful? I quite like the current, general purpose message, and I don't see any reason you would want to change it. I'm not even sure if people would notice it without actively looking for it; I wouldn't be able to tell you what the placeholder message was if you asked me before I clicked on this thread.

dogsmakemehappy

the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful? I quite like the current, general purpose message, and I don't see any reason you would want to change it. I'm not even sure if people would notice it without actively looking for it; I wouldn't be able to tell you what the placeholder message was if you asked me before I clicked on this thread.

I mean people might notice it, if they start to stand out.

the2000

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful? I quite like the current, general purpose message, and I don't see any reason you would want to change it. I'm not even sure if people would notice it without actively looking for it; I wouldn't be able to tell you what the placeholder message was if you asked me before I clicked on this thread.
I mean people might notice it, if they start to stand out.

the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful?

dogsmakemehappy

the2000 wrote:
dogsmakemehappy wrote:
the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful? I quite like the current, general purpose message, and I don't see any reason you would want to change it. I'm not even sure if people would notice it without actively looking for it; I wouldn't be able to tell you what the placeholder message was if you asked me before I clicked on this thread.
I mean people might notice it, if they start to stand out.
the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful?

not the most useful.

the2000

No support,

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
not the most useful.

dogsmakemehappy

the2000 wrote:
No support,
dogsmakemehappy wrote:
not the most useful.

figured that was coming, lol

Maximouse

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
Of course your placeholders would go through filterbot, but that is to prevent people from using banned words/phrases.

Why? Wouldn't you be the only person that could see it?

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
I mean people might notice it, if they start to stand out.

Why do they need to notice it? The point of the placeholder is that you know what the input is for the first time you see it.

dogsmakemehappy

Not if it is stored on the server. of course you can use inspect to change the placeholder (as well as write a function in console to post a comment using ids by inspect), but only you can see that. this is like saying that welcome to my profile - please leave a comment. anyway, most people know that that text area is

Maximouse

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
Not if it is stored on the server. of course you can use inspect to change the placeholder (as well as write a function in console to post a comment using ids by inspect), but only you can see that. this is like saying that welcome to my profile - please leave a comment. anyway, most people know that that text area is

I thought you meant setting a placeholder that would appear when you open a project or studio.

If so, no support – it could be useful but it would be confusing for viewers. If someone changed the placeholder to “Gobo”, how would a new user know it's for commenting?

mybearworld

the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful?

I'm not the OP, but here is one:

Last edited by mybearworld (Jan. 25, 2021 16:32:57)

Maximouse

mybearworld wrote:
the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful?
I'm not the OP, but here is one:

Wouldn't this message be much easier to understand if it was outside the comment input?

bobcat0701

theres no down sides so support

mybearworld

Maximouse wrote:
mybearworld wrote:
the2000 wrote:
Can you come up with an example of a situation in which this would be useful?
I'm not the OP, but here is one:
Wouldn't this message be much easier to understand if it was outside the comment input?

Maybe, but I guess it's… outstanding?

dogsmakemehappy

THanks for the mock ups. maybe it would have a few set options, or what if the comment box has an option to show personalized placeholders. nice job with inspect

gosoccerboy5

No support. I don't even read the placeholders and this kind of stuff should be in your about me, wiwo, or in some sort of stickied comment/next to the text field (which would likely be more effective to implement).

Maximouse

bobcat0701 wrote:
theres no down sides so support

Maximouse wrote:
It could be useful but it would be confusing for viewers. If someone changed the placeholder to “Gobo”, how would a new user know it's for commenting?

dogsmakemehappy

So to make this clear, the downsides listed are:

Maximouse wrote:
It could be useful but it would be confusing for viewers. If someone changed the placeholder to “Gobo”, how would a new user know it's for commenting?

so maybe a setting

Maximouse

dogsmakemehappy wrote:
So to make this clear, the downsides listed are:
Maximouse wrote:
It could be useful but it would be confusing for viewers. If someone changed the placeholder to “Gobo”, how would a new user know it's for commenting?
so maybe a setting

A setting for users to see these modals or not? I think it's better to just display the message outside the input than to add another setting.

dogsmakemehappy

that's an idea.

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