# Placeholder Blazor Edition provides a set of native UI controls built for Blazor such as FlexGrid, Chart, ListView, and input controls including AutoComplete and ComboBox. ## Content DatePicker lets you display a watermark text in the DatePicker control when nothing is selected or displayed in it. You can add a watermark text to the DatePicker control using [Placeholder](/componentone/api/blazor/online-blazor/dotnet-api/C1.Blazor.DateTimeEditors/C1.Blazor.DateTimeEditors.C1DatePicker.html#PLACEHOLDER) property of the [C1DatePicker](/componentone/api/blazor/online-blazor/dotnet-api/C1.Blazor.DateTimeEditors/C1.Blazor.DateTimeEditors.C1DatePicker.html) class, which prompts user to select a date from the drop-down calendar of the control. **![Placeholder in DatePicker control.](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/f5b600ba-f1a7-4f89-a20c-aa6c0c35880d/images/datepicker-placeholder.png)** The following code shows the usage of the **Placeholder** property to add a watermark text in the DatePicker control: ```csharp ```