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ui.Select.setPlaceholder
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Sets the select's placeholder text, which is shown when no value is selected.
Returns this select.
| Usage | Returns | Select.setPlaceholder(placeholder) | ui.Select |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: ui.select | ui.Select | The ui.Select instance. |
placeholder | String | The select's placeholder text. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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