I would like the composerPlaceholder text to only be displayed until the user has submitted their first message. I wanted it to say "Say Hi to Chatty" so the user knows where to type and what to say - but after they've said "Hi", I either want it to go away or change to something else (like "type your message here").

This can be done by using the Configure Webchat action card like this:

That’s exactly what I’m looking for, but I don’t seem to have the “Config Webchat” option available to me. Where can I find it?

oh sorry i think you need access to triggers. please request it in #1121833577659768893

Okay - so I’ve got the beta features now and this works great in a published bot - but it seems to break the studio emulator. Best I could do to workaround it was to add an expression {{event.channel}} !== “emulator” and branch to an intermediate node to change the placeholder. Is there somewhere I should be reporting this issue?

@early-train-33247 😄

Hey @rapid-manchester-41665, what do you mean by breaking the emulator? You get an "unknown error" message?

Yes. And the flow stops.

Alright, I have reported it! Will let you know once this is fixed!

Thank you. I was trying to use the placeholder text to communicate instructions for the response - for example “123 Main St, Springfield, OH, 43235” when I ask for the address or “Select one of the options above” - so I was going to change it frequently. But having to workaround with an expression each time made that approach completely unfeasible. So I’m not using it at all now until the problem is fixed.