// Copyright © 2015 Abhishek Banthia import AppKit import Cocoa class TextViewWithPlaceholder: NSTextView { let placeholder = makePlaceHolder() override init(frame frameRect: NSRect) { super.init(frame: frameRect) } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) } class func makePlaceHolder() -> NSAttributedString { if let placeHolderFont = NSFont(name: "Avenir", size: 14) { let textDict = [ NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: NSColor.gray, NSAttributedString.Key.font: placeHolderFont, ] return NSAttributedString(string: " Add your notes here.", attributes: textDict) } return NSAttributedString(string: " Add your notes here") } override func becomeFirstResponder() -> Bool { setNeedsDisplay(frame) return super.becomeFirstResponder() } override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) { super.draw(dirtyRect) if string == CLEmptyString && self != window?.firstResponder { placeholder.draw(at: NSPoint(x: 0, y: 0)) } } override func resignFirstResponder() -> Bool { setNeedsDisplay(frame) return super.resignFirstResponder() } }