<placeholder> (Structured Document Tag Placeholder Text)

This element specifies the placeholder text which should be displayed when this structured document tag's run contents are empty, the associated mapped XML element is empty as specified via the <dataBinding> element (§2.5.2.6) or the <showingPlcHdr> element (§2.5.2.38) is set in the structured document tag's properties. The placeholder text which shall be shown is itself specified via the child element< docPart>.

If this element is omitted, then five non-breaking spaces shall be used as the default placeholder text for this structured document tag.

example: 
<w:sdt>
  <w:sdtPr>
    <w:placeholder>
      <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_22610170" /> 
    </w:placeholder>
    …
  </w:sdtPr>
  <w:sdtContent>
    …
  </w:sdtContent>
</w:sdt>

This structured document tag specifies through the <placeholder> element that its placeholder text shall be specified in the document part of type bbPlcHdr whose @name is equal to DefaultPlaceholder_22610170. ]

Parent Elements

<sdtPr> (§2.5.2.37)

Child Elements

Subclause

<docPart> (Document Part Reference)

§2.5.2.9

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Placeholder">
	<sequence>
	<element name="docPart" type="CT_String"/>
	</sequence>
</complexType>