From b1b319053c5b1867d46e0c511882a52c2f5cf786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Ahrens <ahrensben@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:04:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue of placeholder not displaying when setting text
 to nil or empty

Fixed issue of placeholder not displaying when setting text to nil or
empty
---
 GCPlaceholderTextView/GCPlaceholderTextView.m | 21 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GCPlaceholderTextView/GCPlaceholderTextView.m b/GCPlaceholderTextView/GCPlaceholderTextView.m
index f1b2e0d..8d1cd2e 100644
--- a/GCPlaceholderTextView/GCPlaceholderTextView.m
+++ b/GCPlaceholderTextView/GCPlaceholderTextView.m
@@ -60,11 +60,20 @@ - (NSString *) text {
     return text;
 }
 
-- (void) setText:(NSString *)text { 
-    super.text = text; 
+- (void) setText:(NSString *)text {
+    if ([text isEqualToString:@""] || text == nil) {
+        super.text = self.placeholder;
+    }
+    else {
+        super.text = text;
+    }
     
-    if ([text isEqualToString:self.placeholder]) self.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
-    else self.textColor = self.realTextColor;
+    if ([text isEqualToString:self.placeholder]) {
+        self.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
+    }
+    else {
+        self.textColor = self.realTextColor;
+    }
 }
 
 - (NSString *) realText {
@@ -73,14 +82,14 @@ - (NSString *) realText {
 
 - (void) beginEditing:(NSNotification*) notification {
     if ([self.realText isEqualToString:self.placeholder]) {
-        self.text = nil;
+        super.text = nil;
         self.textColor = self.realTextColor;
     }
 }
 
 - (void) endEditing:(NSNotification*) notification {
     if ([self.realText isEqualToString:@""] || self.realText == nil) {
-        self.text = self.placeholder;
+        super.text = self.placeholder;
         self.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
     }
 }