Placeholder

Shape.Placeholder property

Returns the placeholder for a shape. Returns null if the shape has no placeholder. Read-only IPlaceholder.

public IPlaceholder Placeholder { get; }

Examples

The following example shows how to change Text in Placeholder.

[C#]
// Instantiates a Presentation class
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("ReplacingText.pptx"))
{
    // Accesses the first slide
    ISlide sld = pres.Slides[0];
    // Iterates through shapes to find the placeholder
    foreach (IShape shp in sld.Shapes)
        if (shp.Placeholder != null)
        {
            // Changes the text in each placeholder
            ((IAutoShape)shp).TextFrame.Text = "This is a Placeholder";
        }
    // Saves the presentation to disk
    pres.Save("output_out.pptx", Aspose.Slides.Export.SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

The following example shows how to set Prompt Text in Placeholder.

[C#]
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("Presentation2.pptx"))
{
    ISlide slide = pres.Slides[0];
    foreach (IShape shape in slide.Slide.Shapes) // Iterates through the slide
    {
        if (shape.Placeholder != null && shape is AutoShape)
        {
            string text = "";
            if (shape.Placeholder.Type == PlaceholderType.CenteredTitle) // PowerPoint displays "Click to add title"
            {
                text = "Add Title";
            }
            else if (shape.Placeholder.Type == PlaceholderType.Subtitle) // Adds subtitle
            {
                text = "Add Subtitle";
            }
            ((IAutoShape)shape).TextFrame.Text = text;
            Console.WriteLine($"Placeholder with text: {text}");
        }
    }
    pres.Save("Placeholders_PromptText.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

See Also

ParentGroup Presentation