2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/mainwindow.cpp b/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/mainwindow.cpp
index a2f477c83d..a43613c757 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
     ui.setupUi(this);
 
     ui.nameLabel->setProperty("class", "mandatory QLabel");
+    ui.nameCombo->lineEdit()->setPlaceholderText(tr("Last, First"));
 
     styleSheetEditor = new StyleSheetEditor(this);
 
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/qss/coffee.qss b/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/qss/coffee.qss
index 4571d42d7e..8f72a15ee5 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/qss/coffee.qss
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/stylesheet/qss/coffee.qss
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ QComboBox, QLineEdit, QSpinBox, QTextEdit, QListView {
     selection-background-color: #C19A6B;
 }
 
+/* Make placeholder text a matching semi-transparent color */
+QComboBox, QLineEdit {
+    placeholder-text-color: #80C19A6B;
+}
+
 QListView {
     show-decoration-selected: 1;
 }