Answers.Body: <p>The "docs" means only on the admin form. For outputing a default text on empty fields in frontend you can use the following code in you template:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{block.FIELDNAME | default("Placeholdertext") }}
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a way to output the Placeholder Text of a plaintext field if there's no specific value entered to the Entry? </p>
  
  <p>(Am I missing something — should it happen automatically if there's no specific value entered?)</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/plain-text-fields" rel="nofollow">The docs</a> say: "The text that will be shown if the field does't have a value" — does <code>shown</code> just mean in the form on the Entry form in the admin, or also on the front-end as a value of block.FIELDNAME ?</p>
  
Tags: <templating><matrix>
Title: Can I output the Placeholder Text of a plain text matrix block?
ThreadText: # Can I output the Placeholder Text of a plain text matrix block?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-23)
  
  Is there a way to output the Placeholder Text of a plaintext field if there's no specific value entered to the Entry?
  
  (Am I missing something — should it happen automatically if there's no specific value entered?)
  
  [The docs](https://craftcms.com/docs/plain-text-fields) say: "The text that will be shown if the field does't have a value" — does `shown` just mean in the form on the Entry form in the admin, or also on the front-end as a value of block.FIELDNAME ?
  
  **Tags:** templating, matrix
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  The "docs" means only on the admin form. For outputing a default text on empty fields in frontend you can use the following code in you template:
  
  ```
  {{block.FIELDNAME | default("Placeholdertext") }}
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  