AnchorField is missing placeholder text

[mfendeksilverstripe]

Module version(s) affected

4.0.6

Description

Internal link (site tree link) uses AnchorField as a part of the link edit form. This field used to have a placeholder text Select or enter anchor but now it's gone.

How to reproduce

• install linkfield module
• attach a link to any model so you can view the Link edit form (modal)
• click on add link and choose Site tree link (page on this site option)

Expected behaviour:

Placeholder text is visible.

Actual behaviour:

Placeholder text is not visible.

Possible Solution

Possibly related to AnchorSelectField component. I can see the placeholder text is still in the code but doesn't display for some reason.

Additional Context

Noticed during CMS 5 upgrade.

Validations

• Check that there isn't already an issue that reports the same bug
• Double check that your reproduction steps work in a fresh installation of silverstripe/installer (with any code examples you've provided)

[Iliain]

I've noticed that this issue applies to all the fields; I was extending the base Link class to add some extra fields and noticed my placeholders weren't rendering either. I've tried adding a TextField with a placeholder with no luck, so it looks like it's not specific to just the AnchorSelectorField. I tried setting different types of attributes but wasn't able to see them being rendered.

E.g.

$descriptiveTextField = TextField::create('DescriptiveText', 'Descriptive Text');
$descriptiveTextField->setAttribute('placeholder', 'Enter descriptive text here');

Result:

This is affecting 4.1.0 as well.