Why there is no PlaceHolder like property in XAML TextBox

windows-phone-8

Solution

There is the PhoneTextBox in the official Windows Phone Toolkit, covered here.

Sample code:

<toolkit:PhoneTextBox Hint="Password"/>

To add toolkit to your project : Type the following into your package manager console : `PM> Install-Package WPtoolkit` And

xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"

inside `<phone:PhoneApplicationPage` tag in the `xaml` page

Problem

Is there any "placeholder type" property availble for textbox in xaml in windows phone 8

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