From 5020ae7e3c0b154f0a68ac2bb386786a15acd3d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Carucci <jim.carucci@northstarbis.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 08:53:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add default placeholder for post UI :)

Closes: #18
Changlog-Added: Added post placeholder text (thanks jcarucci27)
Signed-off-by: William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com>
---
 damus/Views/PostView.swift | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/damus/Views/PostView.swift b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
index a52be397..9e9c909d 100644
--- a/damus/Views/PostView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ enum NostrPostResult {
     case cancel
 }
 
+let POST_PLACEHOLDER = "Type your post here..."
+
 struct PostView: View {
-    @State var post: String = ""
+    @State var post: String = POST_PLACEHOLDER
+    @State var new: Bool = true
+
     @FocusState var focus: Bool
     let references: [ReferencedId]
-    
+
     @Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode
 
     enum FocusField: Hashable {
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ struct PostView: View {
         NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .post, object: NostrPostResult.cancel)
         dismiss()
     }
-    
+
     func dismiss() {
         self.presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
     }
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ struct PostView: View {
         NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .post, object: NostrPostResult.post(new_post))
         dismiss()
     }
-    
+
     var is_post_empty: Bool {
         return post.allSatisfy { $0.isWhitespace }
     }
@@ -60,8 +64,17 @@ struct PostView: View {
             }
             .padding([.top, .bottom], 4)
 
+
             TextEditor(text: $post)
+                .foregroundColor(self.post == POST_PLACEHOLDER ? .gray : .primary)
                 .focused($focus)
+                .onTapGesture {
+                    handle_post_placeholder()
+                }
+                .onChange(of: post) { value in
+                    handle_post_placeholder()
+                }
+
         }
         .onAppear() {
             DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
@@ -70,5 +83,14 @@ struct PostView: View {
         }
         .padding()
     }
+
+    func handle_post_placeholder()  {
+        guard new else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        new = false
+        post = post.replacingOccurrences(of: POST_PLACEHOLDER, with: "")
+    }
 }