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Visual Degradations

Depending on the combination of device and browser, visual degradations may occur in certain libraries.

The following sections give an overview of the known degradations.


sap.m.TextArea: Placeholder Property

As there is no W3C specification for how to use the placeholder property, browser handling for this property varies. Some browsers use a native placeholder property, but for browsers that do not support this, SAP implements its own placeholder version.

sap.m.TextArea is a multiline control and behaves differently according to the browser:

Browser Situation
Google Chrome Google Chrome supports the native placeholder property and displays multiple lines along with a scrollbar ![](/docs/02_Read-Me-First/images/loiof4a1a89df08f4634b70163f18dd33c55_LowRes.png)
Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox supports the native placeholder property but does not display a scrollbar or an ellipsis, instead it simply truncates the placeholder text string ![](/docs/02_Read-Me-First/images/loioc8b3985181a4450fb1252f4f81a25af2_LowRes.png)