jQWidgets jqxListBox filterPlaceHolder Property

Last Updated : 07 Oct, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxListBox is used to illustrate a jQuery ListBox widget which comprises a list of electable elements.

The filterPlaceHolder property is used to check the place holder of the filter input. It is of type String and its default value is “Looking for”.

Syntax:

To set the filterPlaceHolder property:

$("#jqxListBox").jqxListBox({filterPlaceHolder:300});

To get the filterPlaceHolder property:

var filterPlaceHolder = 
    $('#jqxListBox').jqxListBox('filterPlaceHolder');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”.jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jqxListBox filterPlaceHolder property in jQWidgets.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <link rel="stylesheet" 
              href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
              type="text/css" /> 
        <script type="text/javascript"
                src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"> 
        </script> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <center> 
            <h1 style="color: green;"> 
                GeeksforGeeks 
            </h1> 
  
            <h3> 
                jQWidgets jqxListBox  
                filterPlaceHolder Property 
            </h3> 
  
            <div id="jqxLB"></div> 
            <br /> 
            <input type="button" id="jqxBtn" 
                   style="padding: 5px 20px;" 
                   value="filter's placeholder" /> 
            <div id="log"></div> 
        </center> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                var data = ["C", "CSS", "C++"]; 
  
                $("#jqxLB").jqxListBox({ 
                    source: data, 
                    width: "200px", 
                    height: "80px", 
                    filterPlaceHolder: "Filter", 
                    filterable: true 
                }); 
  
                $("#jqxBtn").on("click", function () { 
                    var fp = $("#jqxLB") 
                        .jqxListBox("filterPlaceHolder"); 
                    $("#log").text(fp); 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>